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M Isoell An Eous. Mr. Judge Will Lecture...
At thehundredth anniversary of the separation of Danvers from Salem , and of its erection into a distinct municipal corporation , a letter was read fromNMr . George Peabody , of London , a native of Danvers , containing an offer to that town of _Ttoenty Thousand Dollars , to be managed by twelve trustees , and to be appropriated as follows : —Seven thousand dollars for the purchase of land and the erection of a building ; ten thousand to be invested in undoubted securities , for the purpose of a Lyceum , and for a free Public Library—and the remainder for the foundation of a Library : the building to he located within a third bf a mile of the Old South Meeting House . The announcement was received with thunders of applause , and it was forthwith voted to hold a public meeting to express the gratitude of the citizens .
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The Vienna court-martial has sentenced "Catharina Kreted to fifteen stripes with rods , three weeks imprisonment , with one fast a week , for having offended the police hy word and deed . " The young Stratfovds , lately released by the Tuscan Government , havo arrived in Liverpool by the screw-steamer Orontes , having been shipped off by the Governor of Malta . Government refuses to do anything in their behalf , and as they are totally destitute , the Mayor has headed a subscription for their benefit with the sum of 51 . The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Leipsic , of the 29 th ult , which says : — " Paul Delaroche has arrived here , this being one of the places which he is determined to stop at in his tour for exhibiting his fine picture of the condemnation of Mario Antoinette . This chef-d'oeuvre excites universal admiration , as does another picture of his representing the Emperor Napoleon . "
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The Gateshead Observer reports that ono John Proud has been charged at the Gateshead Police Court with feloniously stealing lead from the roof of a stable , the property of Mr . Harrison , cooper , " was discharged from want of evidence . " It appears that on Tuesday fortnight the attention of James Hoggins ( Mr . Harrison ' s carman ) was called to the fact of Proud being upon his master ' s stable , cutting the lead from the roof . He succeeded in securing tho prisoner , and detained him until he was handed over to the police . When called upon as a witness to give evidence , Hoggins refused to be sworn , stating
that he did not believe m the Testament . " The case consequently broke down . " The fact is , there was no want of evidence , only it happened to be more conscientious than tho law in that case provides for . It will be well for the ends of justice when affirmations are legalised in these instances . Mr . Hoggins has written to us complaining that one of the magistrates endeavoured to injure him in his employer ' s estimation on account of bis unbelief . Then it will bo hard if the master lias not more sense than the magistrate , by recognising that he has at least a conscientious servant .
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Sloane , the special pleader , who , with his wife , was convicted in February , 1851 , of cruelty to his servant , died on Tuesday morning . He has been sinking for some time past , and about a week since a free pardon was given hira , on representations that further imprisonment would cause his death . He died at his lod gings in Goswell-street-road A child , eighteen months old , named Hobbs , was left by himself in York-street , West minster , on Saturday afternoon . Ho was coming from a sweet-meat shop , and stepped off the curb-stone immediately in front of tho wheel of a cart , which was passing by laden with buy . In a moment the poor little boy was knocked down , and tho wheel completely crushed his head . Tho horse was walking slowly ut tho time , and the magistrate deeidotl that the driver was not to blame .
A girl , named Juno Stokes , was walking along the road towards Wakefield on Wednesday week , about noon , when she met three coulminers , named M ' . arsden , Sopinon , and Richard Tankard . Two of them spoke to her and passed on , but Marsden seized her and threw her into a ditch , at tho sumo time using threatening language . I le violated her person , whilst his two companions looked on at a short distance , lie robbed her of _hitlf-a-erown , and then made off with tho other two . However , they were taken soon after , and were before the magistrates and convicted , Marsden of rape , and tho other two of aiding antl abetting .
Tho body of a man , " _respectably dressed , " was found on Saturday iu tbe Gloucester and Berkeley canal , about _n mile from Gloucester . The hands were tied together , the head cut , und swollen and black with bruises . There was nothing valuable found upon the body . Some say that it . is that of Captain I fro , late master of a steamer between Gloucester antl Dublin , who disappeared mysteriously one day eig ht , or nine weeks ago , after ho had been settling _itlliiirs with the owners of the steamer . A person answering his description had left , a house of illfame at three or lour o ' clock on the following morning .
Several young men were charged before the Lord Mayor on Saturday , with Inning assaulted a detective oflicer , named Storey , who was stated some weeks ago lo have vainly endeavoured lo obtain admission to the Stock Kxcliange in search of a culprit . On his applying to the porter for admission several persons tainie up , crying out , '" turn him out , " " bonnet , him , " " lie ' s a . spy . " Storey was accused of having natal , in reply , some gross and insulting _language _, lie was- pu . dietl about by the bystanders , who appear to have collectetl in considerable' numbers , antl finally made a retreat .. _lOxouso was attempted for the conduct of the young men , on the ground of its being only "a Stock _Kxcliaiige lark . " An apology was offered on he . half of tho accused , and art-epic I , mid fhe ' case was consequently discluir"ed .
A young linker , of fhe name of Kain , of Dumfries , bail for some linn , been courting a servant girl named lolmsltm . fhe , lovers were together at , a wedding-party on tho iindot
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thia month , and on that occasion the young man's jealousy was aroused by some fancied slight , or apparent encouragements to a supposed rival . At nine o'clock on the following morning , he went to the house of the girl ' s master , and after some angry words , took out a razor which he had carried with him , and attacked the poor girl , cutting her neck terribly in several places . Before the outcries of the girl could bring assistance , he cut his own throat , and died almost immediately . Tho girl is seriously injured , but is expected to recover . Henry Mortimer , " a rough looking fellow , " went , on Sunday afternoon into an eating-house in Orchard-street , Westminster , belonging to a man named Stanton . After
taking some refreshment , he laid himself down at lull length , and prepared to take a nap . Mrs . Stanton at once told him that he could not sleep there , on which he abused her grossly , and seizing a carving-knife , he rushed at her , declaring " he would cut her throat . She strove to protect her neck with her hands , and one of them was terribly mutilated , one finger being nearly cut off ; a servant came to her aid at that moment , and wrenched tho knife out of Mortimer's hand . He was suffered to leave the shop , but was taken in the evening . When brought before Mr . Broderip , Mortimer said he had no recollection of the affair , but had no doubt all he did was in his own protection . He was committed for trial .
The two brothers , Michael and Peter Scanlan , who were sentenced to death in Edinburgh , on the 14 th of last month , were executed at Cupar , on Monday morning . They had lodged in a small village in Fifeshire , named Hilton-of-Forthar . In a house adjoining lived an old woman , " _^ ho kept a huckster ' s shop , and with whom the Scanlan ' sVere in the habit of dealing . It was suspected that this old woman had some money in her possession . According to the evidence given on the trial , the brothers Scanlan arranged with , a man named M'Manus , who turned approver ( Queen's evidence ) at the trial , to rob the old woman on the evening of the 15 th of April . About
midnight on that night they met , and the Scanlan s en tered the house by a small back window , while M'Manus watched outside . The old woman being awakened by the noise , was attacked by one of the Scanlan's with a threelegged stool , and was killed by repeated blows upon her head . The prisoners appeared perfectly indifferent at the trial . They protested their innocence to the last . Two petitions bad been sent to the Home-office on their behalf , but Mr . Walpole replied that he could not interfere . On their execution , the prisoners showed great firmness . They embraced each other , and shook hands with the hangman . They both died without a struggle .
A servant-girl , who had robbed her mistress , was transported to Sydney some years ago . She has recently written to her mistress , a milliner in London , saying that she now keeps her carriage , and returning the amount that she stole with interest . She urges her mistress to go and set up shop there , saying she would bo very happy to extend her patronage to a lady for whom she had so great an esteem . Great was the amazement and dismay among the Irish labourers when the steam shovels were first put into operation on a certain section of the Vermont Central . Railroad , and one of the sturdiest of the Hibernians , after gazing at his huge rival for a few moments , thus apostrophised tho enemy : —" Well , faith , you aro a big dovil of a baste , and mighty sthrong in the arrams ; may be , now , ye think yerself as good as an Irishman , but , ( with a look of ineffable contempt ) d n yer sowl , ye can ' t vote I "
Mrs . Graham had arranged to make an ascent , in her Victoria balloon from tho _Koscinary Branch Tavern , at Hoxton , on Wednesday evening . A little before six o'clock , when tbey wore preparing to attach the car , tho balloon , through some accident , escaped from tho netting , and took flight . It rolled over and over as it ascended rapidly , the gas at the sumo time expanding , and having reached a groat height it burst . The gas , it is said , "appeared like a luminous circle around it , " and the silk was soon lost sight of . Tho London Mutual Life antl Guarantee * society held
its usual annual meeting nt the offices , ( tt , Moorgafe-street , on Wednesday lust , Mr . George Wilson in the chair . After some preliminary Imsinc _/ _m , tho report , was rend , from which it appeared that the Directors had issued from tho commencement of the society to tho end of June , f 852 , 1782 policioH _aimuriug _suiiiH amounting fo ' 287 , K > _W ., antl from which the society derived tin annual income of K 071 / . lis . int It also stated tbat . arrangements lind been made in many ef the large manufacturing towns for prosecuting the Society ' s business in a more vigorous manner than hitherto , and with this view committees of reference hud been
appointed in Manchester , Liverpool , Stockport , Bury , and other places , from which the most , satisfactory results might be anticipated . On the motion of tbe chairman , the report was adopted , and after the usual routine business tiie meeting separated .
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HKALTH OK LONDON DUPING TIIK WKKK . Till ! deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week that ended lust Saturday amounted to J . M 7 , a number nearly the same as in tho previous week . The Returns of both weeks represent rather more than the actual mortality in the two periods , being augmented , as usually octuir . 1 at the end of a quarter , hy coroners' cases that properly belong to anteeetlont dates . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years IH 12-51 , the average number of deaths was HD 7 , which , if raised in proportion lo the increnae of population , becomes _() H 7 . Hence it appears that the number of deaths returned hint week is precisely equal to the calculated amount . Tho mortality arising from diseases of the respiratory organs * bus decreased from 110 iu the preceding week to 1 ) 1 in the last , which nearly agroes with the average ol corresponding weeks . Fatal cases arising from zymotic
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complaints have also decreased from 215 to 187 , while the corrected average is 239 . Last week the deaths recorded as caused by small-pox were 31 , five of _^| Nfeh were among persons of mature age . Scarlatina destroyed tho lives of 33 children ; typhus , remittent fever , & c \ , those of 13 children , of 24 persons in middle life , and of 7 at advanced age ; in all 44 . Two children died of syphilis ; one of noma .
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BIRTHS , _MARIlIalGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 14 th inst ., at Prescott , Canada West , tho wife of Ethelbert II . Blake , Esq ., M . D ., Stall' Assistant-Surgeon : a son . On the 30 th ult ., tho Lady Georgiana Forties : n . son . On the 5 th inst ., at Edinburgh , tho wife of G . C . Warden , Esq . : a daughter .
MARRIAGES . On the Oth inst ., nt Colc-Orton , Leicestershire , " William Unwin I-Ieygate _, barrister-at-law _, second son of the late Sir William Heyguto , Bart ., of _RocclifTe-hall , Leicestershire , to Constance _Mury , only daughter of t ) io late . and sister of tho present Sir George Beaumont , Bart ., of _Cole-Orton-hall , in the same county , aud grand-daughter of the late Archbishop-of Canterbury . On the 6 th insta , at Harpole , Frederick Thompson , E _. _sq ., lato Captain of the Oth Dragoons , to Charlotte Mary , eldest daughter of the late Hon . and Rev . Thomas Dimdas , rector of Harpole .
DEATHS . On the 25 th alt ., the Right Hon . George Ralph Baron _AbercronnVy , at Airthroy Caatle . His lordship was born in 1800 , and succeeded his father , the late Lord _Abercromby _, in _lS-L'i . He was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Clackmannan , and colonel in the army . He is survived hy Lady Abercromby and three sons and a daughter . His eldest son , now Lord 7 _^ . bercromby , was horn in 1 S 3 _S . On the 2 nd inst ., at lulman , Argy . _eshire , Thomas Thomson , M . D ., E . R . S _., Regius Proi ' easor of Chemistry in tbo University of Glasgow , in his 80 th year . On the 3 rd inst ., in the 80 th year of his age , the Right Hon . Sir Edward Thornton , G . C . B ., many years Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Courts ot Stockholm , Rio , Lisbon , & e ., one of her Majesty's most Hon . Privy Council , and formerly Fellow of Pembroke _College , Cambridge .
On the 7 th inst ., Charles Chadwieke Jones , Esq ., serjeant-atlaw , aged 52 , after three , years' illness and intense , suffering , borne with the greatest fortitude aad resignation . His end was peace . alt Boulogne , aged 74 , the celebrated Mrs . Mary Ann Clarke , who , more than 10 years ago , caused so much sensation in England , in . connexion with the charges brought in the House o £ Commons against the late Duke of York .
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Tiie Remedy fck Betting-Offices . —If the legislature took the subject in hand it would make a virtuous demonstration , we have no doubt , but it would not present an edifying spectacle . Parents and employers must do more for themselves . Every . man should know something of the habits and _frcquentings of those who are placed under him ; and should know
much when a new class of temptation thus presents itself . Apprentices arc , by the terms of their indentures , punishable for gaming ; it would do a world of good to get a few score of tbat class of noble sportsmen convicted before magistrates , and shut up in the House of Correction , to Pick a little oakum , and Tip a little gruel into their silly stomachs . Betting clerks and betting servants of all grades , once detected after a grave warning , should be thinly di . smis . fed . There aro plenty of industrious and steady young men to supply their places . The police should receive instructions by no means to overlook any gentleman of established bad reputation—whether " wanted" or not—who is to be found connected with a Betting-shop . It is our belief that several eminent characters could bo so discovered .
Ibese precautions- always supposing parents and employers resolute to _discharge their own duties instead of vaguely delegating them to a legislature Ihey have no reliance on—would probably be suiiioient . Some fools , who are under no control , will always he . found wandering away to ruin ; but , the greater part of that extensive department of Ihe commonalt y ore _midor some control , and the great need is lhat il . be better _xerc'si-d .- ~ . l ) ick < ns ' s " Household , H ' ords . " Kdhcati ! tiik Picon . _u _.---We arc no believers in the capacity of ignorance successfully to execute social functions which require knowledge ami experience for their beneficial exercise , and still less in the notion
that , any multiples of ignorance will constitute knowledge . But in this we have undoubted faith -that , i / the people possessed political power , the mere saltish instincts of the upper and middle classes would render them as anxious to educate them , as they have hitherto been apathetic . When we visit ( he lion in his rage , and are _satislied that the bars bave strength suliieient to conline him , we look with _iiidilTereiiee , or more curiosity , ou his teeth and claws ; but , break down Ibis iron grating .-, and let him loose upon uc , or . shut us up
beside him , and we should hasten lo extract , if wo could , those implements of deslruel ion . Thus il , is with the people . While we are libit ) by horse , foot , and artillery , criminal ollicers , judges , antl gaols , to restrain thoni , with all their rude habils ami fierce instincts rife within them , we quietly leave , them in degradation until we ret He our own _etclo sin . ticiil and _theological disputes regarding tbe persons by whom , and Urn manner in which , Iheir teeth and claws should be removed . -Prom Ihe Westminster . Review for dub .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071852/page/13/
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