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July 8, 1854. J T H E L E AD E R. . 633
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PIBATF.S OP THE EIFF. Thb Biff is an ugl...
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FRENCH versus ROI/T.—A.NOTHEK * EXCEPTIO...
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ABDUCTION IN TlPBEUAKTv Foumebi/x abduct...
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American Life Desgbibed By An English Re...
' " I repeat , ¦ without any hesitation , what I told you before , that there is , af"deep and a growing unhappiness in domestic relations , and chiefly among the wealthier classes . In a word , woman , nere , is unhappy . " I need not tell you that no narrow prejudices of country blind or pervert my judgment I have too often uttered my feelings of exulting satisfaction with the immense social progress attained here , far exceeding the most sanguine hopes that animated me before I came to this truly fortunate land , to permit of your attributing any of my impressions to our Anti-American prejudice . ^ 5 fo American boy ever feasted with more exultation and delight over the story of Bunker ' s Hill than did your correspondent , from his first reading days upwards . Born in England , I always had a far more A wx ^^ Mvitn n 1 ^ * fc ^ n 1 ( nnti n % % 4 n ^ vl . o *» . T « nA . ^ . 1 t * ^\ I *?¦• # > % * !»¦ m mm ** ai 1 / bu » i iunaii mi uiuim in i
tjuucii ^ au uc « » c *»* j- ^ - , ^ auo ^ m . vpublicanism with my mother's milk , 1 sigaed my ' declaration of intention , ' within a fortnight of my landing on these shores , with emotions ' such as those . ' of a foundling recovering a kmg-1 ' ost parent . " But so far irom making unfavourable comparisons with either my prior expectations , or with the state of society in general in England . I re-assert what I have so often said to you , " that if the reaf state of things hero were fairly set before the masses of Englishmen , tqn would emigrate , if they could , for one who now actually comes iuther . All the advantages of emigration to the Australian colonies are obtainable here , and many more besides . But to secure all those advantages we need a regular system ; such as I could fain hope to Bee one day introduced in aid of , if not in substitution for , the strike system . The masters could be forced , when really in
the vrrong , into submission b y such a systematic emigration , and for this reason , among others , that it would be not only self-supporting , but profitable . "I ^ vould -wish to say in regard to the masses of the people ' here , that so far from there being & ny unfavourable comparison to be drawn between their domestic Condition and that of the masses in England , ' there is an immense contrast in iust the other direction . " Throughout Europe home life is very much denied to the masses by virtue of the material wretchedness of their situation ; throughout ; the United States the-poores t man may have a home—a real honied—where wife and little ones may dwell secure , neither the one nor the others being forced
into the fields to do labour unfitting their age or sex , nor crowded into unwholesome factories where liealth and virtue are alike sacrificed . '¦' ¦¦¦ ' . Without taking this great feature of American life into consideration it is , indeed , 'impossible to . arrive at a clear understanding of social matters here in general . At one end of the social scale there is a profound unhinging ; at the other an immense , continuous amelioration . Here abolitionism , Hartford Bible conventions , woman ' s rights , and spiritual manifestations indicate the evex-growing chaos ; and here , on the other hand , the initiation of vast masses of population , hitiierto groaning , under the tyranny of material wretchedness , into a social position befiting the age in which
we live . . " Their appreciation of the happiness of their situation has been recently illustrated by the overwhelming majority by which the Whigs / with their tariff , were rejected at the last . presidential doctrine . For what mean the tariff and the rest of tho Whig doctrines ; but the importation of the Manchester manufacturing system , ' with its ' supply and demand gospel , ' and the reafc- —wonv which the popular good sense defend us ever more ! So long as the * Factory System ' moans the slavery of little children , and the violation of the homes of tho people , so long will we crow corn , aye and cotton , and leave the English to manufacture it in spite oi M'Crowdy and all his dismal sciences . " The condition of the wealthier classes here has no public index such as that of the popular elections . Shorn of all
collective political' representation—deprived , indeed , of all collective political existences—they can manifest themselves only indirectly . ' Doubtless this exclusion from political fields of action tends to stimulate atill further tho intensity of industrial strife , which , under any political circumstances , would have been keener than any where else within tho pale of civiliation . And , no doubt , an ambition not wholly ignoble has its share in producing tho entire devotion to material successes characterising the Amoricana . But stnl tho universal , " unmitigated preponderance , the mercenary spirit , especially when it begins to includo woman also , in of itraelf no small demoralisation . " " No doubt thefio same olasses are , above nil people in tho world a " proper" people . What Mrs . Grundy thinks is of move importance to a well-to-do American than to anvbodv
clae m Christendom . Henco the ludicrous susceptibility to tho most friendly of criticisms . Partly , that isj but the want of a distinct consciousness of the reul nature of the superiority which every true American must fcol to belong to his noble and gloriously hopeful country , helps also to produe 0 or incrcttso his teaty nervousness . Indistinctly conscious that ho- is somewhere , after all , open to rebuke ; justly resenting tho criticisms of suporndal travelling bookmakers , and at tho same time not Knowing whero his true strength lies nor whdro Ms real weakness j the truo-hejirted Am « ncnn naturally dreads oy « ry kind of criticism ,. and , nlfectiiig to despise if , secretly writhes under it . Tlio fact is , our material progress hero has blinded us , Industrinlly , nwtarinlly ,. wo aro rapidly ri & ing in modern civilisation . Mon now in their prime rainy reasonably Uono
to live nnd aco New York surpass London ifsulf , both 111 size nnd wealth . With u population of twonty-tlvo millions , in thi-ir oftbetivo capacity equal— -upon their own soil—to forty millionH of tlio nvorupo people of modern civiliuution ( the producing power of tlio ftvoragc ot Ainurioans bi'iug to that of tho avoruge of tho En # li » l » iw 11 ) to 155 ) ,, nnd with ' nn oatablitshed ratio of incroaao unparalleled iu 1 I 10 history of humanity , how can an Amoricuti help fooling dtunled by tho glowing prospects uf liia country ? la it « uy wonder th .-it tho reverse ) of the plcturo should attract little notice , or that wo ahould bo lontli to bulluvo in it ? And yut it is true , novertlielona , tnut our material proapurity baa iiu-riod u » aiwi « y , bun made ua Altogether forjjot tho Htill Nuporior imporluuuo of a real , and sonujwlmt proportional , in ami pro ^ ruttu * " Very niuouroly yourn , "Hkhu'x Enatcii . "
July 8, 1854. J T H E L E Ad E R. . 633
July 8 , 1854 . J T H E L E AD E R . . 633
Pibatf.S Op The Eiff. Thb Biff Is An Ugl...
PIBATF . S OP THE EIFF . Thb Biff is an ugly section of the coast of Morocco , with an ill name , and with inhabitants wors e than its rocks or its name . Pirates swarm on the Riff coast , and steal down on unhappy merchantmen , who are at the mercy of the waves , or deserted by the irinds . Tlie latter -was the fate of the Cuthbert Young , a Newcastle barque , commanded by John George Marshall . She was becalmed , and the current carried her within ten miles from the Riff coast . The lynx-eyed pirates saw her situation , and came down in boats at night , firing as they advanced . But they do not appear to have been very confident of success , for they were slow ; and first the Cuthbert Young ' s stern boat got away with only six men in her — so fearful were the crew of the armed
pirates ; and twenty minutes afterwards the rest of the crew got into the skiff , and dashed away as fast as they could . Por three hours two of the pirate boats gave chase , keeping up a fire ; but the stamina of the British rowers proved their safety , and they left the Riffiles behind . They -were out seventeen hours without food , -when the Austrian barque Vincenzo picked them up , and carried them to Gibraltar , on the 26 th June . The other boat's crew has not been heard of . On . the report made by Captain Marshall , the governor instantly ordered the warsteamer Prometheus to search for the missing seamen , recover the ship if possible , and chastise the pirates . The Spaniards also have a quarrel -with these gentry , who show no mercy , and deserve none .
French Versus Roi/T.—A.Nothek * Exceptio...
FRENCH versus ROI / T . —A . NOTHEK * EXCEPTIONAL CASE . " In the Court of Common Pleas , on . Wednesday , an action was fried of a peculiar character—one of ¦ the exceptional cases , like those of Eeginbal and Leroy . MLss Ellen French sued Peter Bett Bolt , the son . of a gentleman of fortune , for 1450 ? . for boarding and lodging him , at the rate of 50 / . a month . Rolfc pleaded that he was never indebted . The sole evidence on the occasion was that of the " lady , " Ellen French . Gathered , from her evidence her story is this ;—Some thirteen years' ago she came up to London from Bath , and lived with a person for a year or so , and subsequently with other persons . One of these was a Mr . French ; and another a " nobleman . " In 18 . 47 she lived in Chapel-street , Park-lane , under the protection of that nobleman ; and in the May of that year Mr . Rolt made her acquaintance in the Park . Mr . Rolt constantly visited- her for two years while she lived in Chapel-street , under protection . In 1849 , Bolt sent anonymous letters to the " nobleman , " which caused him to give her 1 OO 0 Z . and to send her away . The letters were as follows : — " Ask your woman who she slept with at tlie Albion last night . Being an inmate that night of the hotel , I actually slept hi the next room , and being an old pal of yours , I made up my mind to tell you . I asked the waiter who that lady was , and he said , ' Mrs . Rolt , ' which being an untruth I knew , and I was determined to write to you , On further inquiry they tell me lie sleeps at 19 , Chapel-place , every night ,. and has done so for this long time , I will swear . Ask Stafford , opposite ; he must have seen what a vile woman she is . " Yours truly-,
" Northamptonshire . " WEixiHGBORouan . # Your woman , Ellen French , has been guilty in communication with her maid and tho waiter at the Albion Hotel , Brighton , of stealing a letter therefrom . As there will be a terrible row , it is only proper you should know it . Get your mioiaturo or you may bo ruined . Wishing you well , I say , 4 fail not . ' " A Friend . " When she left she took a house in Lowndea-terrace , at ths requost of Rolt , for three yeara , at 1307 . a year . Rolt , she alleges , agreed to pay the rent , to live with . nor , nnd to pay her 501 . a month for board and lodging , to pay the wages of the men , and tho keep of the carriage and horses . But he did not pay above three months ; and during the two years and a half lio lived with her , ho only paid 700 / . or 8 QQL
But ho paid some bills : 33 J . for a bouquet-holder ; 1 GQL for jewels ; 200 / . to her dressmaker ; nnd so on . She denied ever having had as much as 40001 . from Rolt . The furniture of tho house was her own ; and when she wanted monoy , she pledged her plate , jewels , and furnituro . for 1000 / . Mr , Rolt lefthor in . August , 1852 , and slio sold the furniture . To tho Chief Justice Jervis—She , had made a bargain with other gentlemen to pay her so much a month . Witness continued' —She had not broken tho looking-glass , nor stabbed Mr , Rolt with a knife , so that tho doctor was called in . She was drinking ft glass of water , nnd ho said something exceedingly rudo , and sue throw the water at him , and tho gluss slipped from hot- hand , and part ot it cut his leg . Sho had not induced tho tradesmen to sue Mr . Rolt , but she had seat t hum to Mr . RoltV father , at
llydo-pnrkgaruons . 1 hero was then 200 / . odd duo to . trudosmen , imtl eho hnd not paid any of that . Tho Chlcl Justice , in summing up . mud that this action waa defended by tho father of Mr . Holt , nnd thu defence was that tlioro wns no ouch contract as that , declared upon . It was suggested that the cimtmct linvin ^ boon to keep tho plnintlit ' . an a kept woman , : uul that buiiiff an illegal contract , whiah could not bo suoil upon , it had boon m \ Ul an an iif ' tor-thougltt that tlio contract was to pny {> 0 l , a month for lib own bosird uud loilm » K- Tho only winiosa to prove tho contract was Ellen l ' muih , and ttho atatc < l that sho took tho hounu in Lowiiuavatruut of Uuuurul Itrothorton , nnd tlio dui ' uudunt unulo a Imrgnin tt > j ^ ivo hi-r 60 / . a mouth for hi » board . Thuy had huixrd it Muted tlmt tho defendant wnn now ubroau , tuiii mo could not l ) o en I lml ; and it' hia futhor did ItLm duty towards him , ho would luuvu him tlioru , thnt ho mi ght Hufita for lii » conduct . Ho did not recolluct whothur tho pluiutiu ° ' u connauL liad oaid anything nbout a numntor flower or not , but if ho hud acou
ler beforehand , lie might have described her as a , " fullblown flower ; " for thirteen years ago she had come from Bath , ajad had since been living wfyb . various men , and _ supporting herself by her prostitution . She las been living with a noble lord , and afterwards with Mr . French , the son of a chronometer maker , and then she had returned to her noble friend , and whilst living with him she . In the year 18 d 7 , met Mr . Rolt in the parK , and from that time she had been intimate with Mr . Kbit for two -years ; but during that time she was still living under tlie protection of her noble friend . After that she left him in consequence of two anonymous letters which had been written by Mr . Kolt , and the noble lord gave her 1000 / . to pay her debts , and out of which she had 400 / . left . How she could now
look that " venerable nobleman" in the face he did . not know . "With that 400 / . she began to live with , the defendant at the ia . te of 1200 / . a year » and in addition to the expenses of tie house , of course she wanted expensive dre § ses and articles of bi j outerie , which the chief justice ' s wifa or the wives : of tlie jury , never thought of , because they could not afford it . They had heard that the defendant had paid various sums of money , but if they were Satisfied that the contract as declared upon was proved , they could not take those payments into consideration , for there was no plea of payment . If they were of opinion that the defendant had himself kept the house , pr that the plaintiff and defendant had jointly kept it , their verdict must be for the defendant ; bat if the contract was proved to their satisfaction the verdict must then be for the plaintiff for 1450 / ., the amount claimed . The jury considered the matter for a few minutes and then gave a verdict for the defendant . :
Abduction In Tlpbeuaktv Foumebi/X Abduct...
ABDUCTION IN TlPBEUAKTv Foumebi / x abduction was an offence very common , in . Ireland ; but it ¦ has disappeared of late years . An instance of the barbarous and indefensible practice , attempted by a magistrate , occurred on Sunday , in Tipperary , and is thus told by the Free Press of that county : — " For some time past Miss Arbuthnot , daughter of the late Mr . George Arbuthnot , of Elderslie , Surrey , has been on a visit with her sister , who is married to the Hon- George S . Gough , the son and heir of the lerb of Sobraon , and who resided at Bathronan-house , distant about two miles from ClonmeL This young lady , who is reported to be the possessor of a large fortune , has had several admirers in / this part of the country , to . none of whom , rumour says , has She given any countenance , Among them -was Mr . John , < 3 arden , Justice of the Peace , and Deputy-Lieutenant of Barname , Templemore , a gentleman of considerable property , and held in general esteem throughout the locality where He resided , and he , too , is said to have shared a similar " , fate—a . fact that seems corroborated by the singular , arid extraordinary proceedings with which he subsequently became connected . ' . " On Sunday last Mr . ' Garden was on a visit in this neighbourhood , having breakfasted at Hearn ' s Hotel in this town ; life proceeded to liothronan Church , where he attended service , at which Miss Arburthnot and her sister , the Hon . Mrs . Gough ; were present . From the demeanour of Mr . Garden during the performance of the ceremony no clue could be had to his intentioiiS j as we have heard he was most attentive and collected during its continuance . While the congregation were in church a groom was observed
leading a very handsome pair of horses along the road—a carr iage , too , was stationed a short distance off , to which a pair of thoroughbreds were harnessed , and six strange men were noticed as loitering about , having apparently no particular business in the neighbourhood : Miss Arbathnot and her sister had driven to church on an outside car , and to the fact of a shower of rain having fallen , and to the caro of her coachman , who returned to ltathronan-housc for a covered car , may sho attribute her escape from being borne away by her disappointed admirer . " When church service was at an end Mr , Carden was observed to walk towards tho horses , and to carefully examine their housings , & c ., looking to tho tightness of the girths and the freedom of the reins . At the same time the strange men wero observed to draw near to the churchyard gate , and in a short time Mrs . Gough *« car made its
appearance . In it there wore but tho two sisters—the Hon . Captain Gough being at present in Dublin . Most fortunately for Miss Arbuthnot she sat furthest in tho car , which , ' when passing Mr . Civrdcn , was st 6 pped by one of his inon , and he himselt rushed to tho door and attempted to seize tho lady . Sho screamed loudly , and struggled hard against liim , and her cries immediately brought to her assistance several of the congregation , including somo of ^ the retainers at ; Ruthronan , who sturdily battled for tho sister of their lady . A determined and serious conflict then ensued . Mr . Carden and his men wero all armed with pistols and * skull-crackers ' —the defenders with sticks , stones , and such other available weapons as chance throw in thoir w « y ; most fortunately no shot wjta fired in tho encounter , nnd some severe bruises aro tho only mishaps resulting from tho nffray . Whilo Mr . ( Jardon held Miss Arbuthnot hi his arms , ho wns struck down by a blow of a Bfono indicted by a young man named
M'Grnth , nnd then seeing they "were becoming overpoworod by numbers , which wore cvory moment increasing , Wr . Cardon ' s man covered hia retrciit to tho carriaco ( Captain Gough ' s cur with its fair inmiitc » , who wore half dead with terror , having in tho meantime , urivon off to Itnthronan ) , which ho « ntored , and two men having mounted tho saddlu-horrtca the pui ty tiot « ff « t h Hl > wd that noemod to defy pursuit , having tliu dufijiulors to woudor at thu during which prompted tlioiUt ^ npL , and tho lVirtunato oaoapo uf tho young lady , wIiohv itborLy was thus iliroatuiu-W . " McuHua's wovo now ukoii to woouro the fugitives , and duttiinlclu ' ti woro lit onoo want oil' to thia towa , und to Cwshcl ; Mr . U . J . Uoohl , K . M ., Mr , W . 1 ' oabory , S . I ., and a party of poljoy , jiiououUod 1 » » U Jwwto to lUthroiuua . Ami Mr . Foabery . wltl » liia acon . itonncd « otivAty ,, departed witli Boino inountod conaUibloa in ]> unaut ( , Tho ( jtewanl nt Uathronan had K » vun inlonnation to tha . Onsb , e , | polico , aud Swl >~ ln 8 pootor M'GulliurU h « d givon ohaso bofwo , Mr . Foabcxry arrived in
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Leader (1850-1860), July 8, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08071854/page/9/
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