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No, 394.; October 10, 1857-] THE LEADER,...
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The Amebican Fkigate Plymouth. — Captain...
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FliOM THE LONDON GAZETTK. Tuesday, Octob...
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London,Friday Evening,October 9,1857. Th...
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Blackburn, 7£, 8^: Caledonian, SS' i, St...
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CORN MARKE T. Mark-Jane, Friday, October...
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK. (Closin...
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No, 394.; October 10, 1857-] The Leader,...
No , 394 . ; October 10 , 1857- ] THE LEADER , 981
The Amebican Fkigate Plymouth. — Captain...
The Amebican Fkigate Plymouth . — Captain Dahlgren and the officers of the Plymouth , which has been lying in the Southampton Water for the last few weeks , -were entertained last Saturday at a sumptuous banquet given them by Mr . Alderman Andrews at his Winchester resideuce . The frigate has since sailed on her return to Washington . A chargk of a somewhat novel character was preferred at Bow-street on Monday against a person of ladylike appearance and manners , described in the summons as ' Elizabeth Farrel , otherwise Mrs . Billings , ' who was summoned for forging the signature of Emily Leach to a telegraphic message . The defendant said her name was Elizabeth Billings , and she pleaded ' Not Guilty . ' The
original message bore date the 20 th September , and was as follows : — " Return by first train ; your mother is dangerously ill . " The word * dying' had been written , but scratched out . The signature was ' El . Leach . ' The alleged illness was a fiction ; and the object of the imposition seems to have been to enable JMiss Farrel to obtain an interview with the person to whom tlie message was addressed—Mr . William Billings , a surgeon at Yarmouth , and brother of Mrs . Leach ; but he is stated not to have come . It appeared that he had seduced Miss Farrel under promise of marriage ; and her counsel , Mr . Sleigh , contended that such a device for the sake of bringing about a meeting could not be called a forgery . " The essence of tbe forgery , " he remarked , "is the
intent to defraud , and I think if you apply your mind to that point you will not say that any such felonious intent is shown . I defy any one to search all the books and produce anything like a parallel case . It would lead to most fearful abuse if such a precedent were established . We should have persons punished for sending valentines in a false name , if it came to that . " Mr . Jardine was inclined to agree that there was no proof of a criminal intent , but said it was as gross a fraud as one could well conceive . Mrs . Leach , who showed a strong animus against Miss Farrel , wanted to read a letter ¦ which she said would throw some light on that lady ' s character ; but this was not allowed , and the summons was dismissed .
Mr . Spbague , the gentleman "who last week , together with another , rescued a girl from drowning in the ornamental water in Trafalgar-square , and who was treated with great rudeness and inattention at Charingcross Hospital , where-. ' the girl was taken , but not admitted , attended last Saturday at the Bow-street police-office ( where the case was originally brought forward ) , to reaffirm the truth of his statements , which had been impugned by the authorities at the hospital . He said that he had received an impertinent letter from the clerk , who had hinted that the allegations were ' wholly void of truth , ' and who invited Mr . Sprague to be present at ah inquiry before the governors . Mr .
Jardine , the magistrate , said lie had no authority to iuterfere , but he felt strongly on the subject , wliich had been much too lightly treated . Mr , Sprague said he should certainly be present at the inquiry . —In tlie course of Monday , the girl was again brought up , when her mother attended and stated that she had been decoyed from her home by a person who keyt a house of bad repute in Eagle-court , who was constantly seeking to regain her control over her . If the magistrate would send an officer to caution this woman against any further interference , 'the mother would undertake the charge of the defendant .- Mt . Jardine undertook to do this , and the girl was given up to her mother .
Murders by a Maniac . —The Inverness Circuit Court waif opened -on Wednesday , the Lord Justice Clerk pre-iding , when Angus Maeph ee '! Lihiclate , 'in the island of Benhecula , was brought up on the charge of having murdered Mary Macphee , hia aunt , Angus Macphee , his father , and Catherine Macinnes , his mother , all of whom were persons of an advanced age . The prisoner ia a lit of insanity attacked his father , mother , and aunt , and murdered them one after another on the 9 tli of last
July . The evidence clearly proved the insanity of the prisoner , who said he was the Christ , and that he had the divine command to commit the murders , and warn doing God service . Ho also said he had intended to murder some others . The jury found him insane , and "he was ordered to be kept in custody . The Lord Juatico Clerk administered a reproof to one of tlie -witnesses named Macsweon , a ground officer of Colonel Gordon , and a member of the parochial board , for having failed to send him to an nsylum . —Edinburgh Exprcts .
Tim Loss of tub Transit . —An officer who wont out in the ill-fated Transit writes an account of tho disaster from tho Island of Bancn , two hundred and twenty inilea from Singapore . His letter is dated July 12 th , " in } t wo read : — " Tlio first embarked were the sick , a company of tho 90 th , and n company of the 09 th , and they werei landed on thereof . Tlioy had to bo landed there , As , if they had proceeded to tho island , those on tho ship would , in all likelihood , have sunk before the return of the boats . These were four times filled before all on the ship -were in safety . The ship'a crew , who wore tho last to leave , went at once to tho island , and the boats then nuulo three trips to tho reef for thoHo ot « a who wcro on it . It was dark before all were landed , lhis was not attained too soon , a » tho rook on which wo Btood gradually became covered by tho rising tide , and was totally hidden from night before tho la * t of us had reached tho laud . Thirty tona of powder , all the shot
and shells and small-arm ammunition , all the stores , the medical comforts , commissariat tents and baggage—in fact , everything—havebeenlost . The vessel , ho-wever , has not yet sunk , though under water from the funnel sternmost , and split in half both on the port and starboard . The rock on which she split holds her securely until a gale of wind shall scatter her to pieces . You will , as an old soldier , be glad to hear that nothing could have been more truly heroic than the conduct of the men ; it was splendid , and worthy of antiquity , or shall I say of the
British soldier ? When first the crash came , all the men on the troop-deck made a rush to the gangway , but Major Barnston , 90 th , ordered every man back to his mess . This command they instantly obeyed , though the ship was trembling like a frightened child , and they could hear and see the water gradually rising to their feet . Had this order not been given and obeyed , nobiscuit or pork could have been saved ; and , when at last the men were ordered on the quaTterdeck to embark , there was no rushing or confusion ; the first party moved off and the remainder stood at ease with the order and
precision of a Sunday parade , though they could see and feel the ship gradually sinking . " Some particulars of the rotten state of the ship are given by tlje same writer , who says : — " From the hour we left Portsmouth we were in danger , as on leaving the dock the fan of the acrew , which had not been raised , came into collision with the dock . The fan was positively broken , and the concussion caused a leak aft which could not be stopped . Tlie Transit , except the wind was on the quarter or beam , would not answer her helm ; the sails did not fit her , and
were very old . On the 22 nd and 23 rd we lost the foresail , foretopsail , the mainsail , and maintopsail . The mainyard , made of indifferent timber , broke in half like a rotten stick , and one of the plates of iron of which the ship is built broke in two below water mark . I need not tell you that it was almost impossible to prevent the vessel from foundering ; indeed , had the gale not abated , nothing could have saved us . You cannot conceive the extent of the danger . It may help you to do so when I tell you that on the 24 th we pumped out of the wretched ship 600 tons of water—600 tons !"
A Thief in Kemsingto ^ : Gardens . —A woman , described as having the appearance of a lady , has lately been employing herself in Kensington Gardens in taking off the shoes of little children playing about b j' themselves , under pretence of bringing them new pairs . Robbery by a Policeman . —A constable at North Shields is under remand on a charge of stealing a purse containing money , a ring , ami some other articles , from a drunken sailor whom he pretended to be taking care of . The officer had been only about a fortnight in the police , but during that time had been very constant in his attentions to drunken men—with what object is now apparent .
Burglary dubing tiie Day . —Two men entered the house of Mr . Lewis Whitehead , Beckford-row , Walworthroad , on Sunday , about four o'clock p . m . They were observed by a little boy , avIio told Mr . Birkin , a neighbouring butcher , and he , together with another tradesman , watched the premises , and intercepted the thieves as they came out . Both were captured , though one made a desperate resistance . They have been examined before the Lambeth magistrate , and committed for trial . Smuggling on tub Susskx Coast . —T . Bruce and 11 . Everett , of Portsmouth , and J . Wicks , of Angmering , mariners , and T . C . Elliott , master of a vessel called the Intrepid , have boon brought up at Arundel , charged with smuggling between fifty and sixty tubs of Geneva , with intent to defraud tho revenue of 3001 . Elliott was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment , and the other three to eight months . Tlie vessel and other property ia confiscated .
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FliOM THE LONDON GAZETTK . Tuesday , October ( j . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . — John Townsbnd , Greenwich and Charlton , auctioneer . BANKRUPTS .- Francis BhewerCoiitiMAN , Brompton , linendraper—William Anidekson , Broad-street , Ratoliir , plumber—Medhuky Joyce , St . Noot ' s , Huntingdonshire , timber merchant' — Wili . ijvm Harris , West liroinwich , haydealor—William Guisavxs , Halifax , carpet manufacturer—IIkrnaud Skalis , Sliellield , plumber—John Price , Liverpool , licensed victualler—Mautha Prick , Liverpool , licensed victualler—John Shaw , Dukinliold , Cheshire , macliinc inakor . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —J . Henderson , Dimforrnlino , bookseller—W . RI'Naugiitoti , Muthill , innkeeper —J . and \ V . M'Nami , Ayr . joiners—W . Okookb , Paisley , currier—11 . F . Hor / r , Stornoway , Koss-shire—C . Stewart , Glasgow , manufacturer — AV . NVkir , Kilmaruock , bootmaker . Fridaj / , October 0 . BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . — Philadelphia BitAVUKY , Brighton , furniture dealer — 1 ' j ukdkiuck Rickahdh , Famborough , coach proprietor .
BANKRUPTS . —William Clayton , Watling-streot , and Went Sinithticld , pernmiur — Matthew Townsisnd , Leicester , manufacturer of liosior . v—William Smith , Bath , hotel keeper—Jam ua Soonn , PilUm , Devonshire , timberdealer—John Catt and artiiuk \ Vkm . inuton OaliiKN , Lower Shadwoll , hour and bottlo merchants—John Wakkfield , llkeston , Derbyshire , bakor—Fjikimuuck Ryduii , Hasingliall-Htreot , stationer— Fjiamohsco Zhiiman . Saville HoiiHo , Loicent < : r-. s ( iuaro , cofl ' uc-housu keeper— Josi { r . ii Hah'oud , Cheltenham , ironmonger — Lamiikkt Pjih . ii > Moi . i . kdonn , Mark-lane , City , corn dvalci—William Con , Halifax , buildor . SCOTCH SI'XiUESTRATIONS . — Jam us llooo , Edinburgh , hairdresser—Wii . M . A . M Com . uk Pytku , Ji > hn » havcii , Kinciudiiishiio , Master in the Royal Nnvy — James Bah . nictt , ( jhiHgow , joinor and Imihlor—William Stark , Aburdeon , hardware niorulmnt .
Births, Marriages , And Deaths. "Bxrth^L...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . "BXRTH ^ l Bi ? KvBa ; r oV . feq 2 ^& ^ ^ ^ nS ^ wnl 1 ^ - ? ^ n ? . lst < ^ t Broach , the wife of a daifghteV Grenadiers , Bombay Native Infantry : MARRIAGES . CORBETT-GOSSIP . — On the 13 th Aumist at Barrack pore . Calcutta , Alexander Frederick cXett , Esf . S « t . B . N . I ., son of General Corbett , to Fanny Louisa eldest daughter of John HatfeiLd Gossip , Esq ., of Hatfeild Yorkshire . ' BURY—BURY .-On the 2 Gth of September , at St . Mary ' s Scarborough , Edward James , eldest son of Edward Bury , Esq ., of Croft Lodge , Windermere , to Trances Margaret , second daughter of the late John Bury , Esq ., of Scarborough .
DEATHS . GLANVILLE . —At Cawnpore , massacred by the mutineers , Li eut . G . J . Glanville , 2 nd Benjtal European Fusiliers , HE . I . C . S ., third son of Francis Glanville , Esq . of Catchfrench , Cornwall . TRAVERS . —On the 2 nd of August , killed in action before Delhi , by a ball through the head , while exerting himself to prevent tho wen under his command from unnecessarily exposing tiiemselves , Captain Eaton Joseph Travers , Bengal Army , aud of the 1 st Punjab Rifles , aged 32 , son of the late Major-General Sir Robert Travers , K . C . B . WARDJB . —Killed , in the massacre at Cawnpore , June 27 Lieut . Henry John Gregory Warde , 56 th B . N . I ., second son of Rear-Admiral Warde , K . H ., of Preswylfa , Neath , Glamorganshire * aged 19 .
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London , Friday Evening , October 9 , 1857 . The pressure this week for money from A , merica and the Continent has been so great tliat the Bank of England has raised its rate of discount to six per cent ., and , it is confidently believed , will have to raise it i per cent , higher on next Thursday . The uncertain state of the East India Company ' s finance beyond their five millions in hand adds to the downward feeling of the funds . It seems pretty evident that the Honourable Company lias been borrowing
from the Bank of England , the next movement will ue to borrow money from the Government . To effect this a newloan will have to be raised ; thus Consols ^ are too high . The Indian news will now all ' cet the market but little , the real pinch being the panic in America and the prevailing scarcity of money throughout Europe . It is computed that the English publac holds ten millions worth of American securities ; the depreciation in some of these stocks and shares has been to the extent of 50 and 60 per cent . The n ' rice of Consols yesterday morning was 90 ; this morning , 891 i .
All the railway shares have fallen with Consols . Foreign stocks are mostly sellers . Turkish Six per Cents , have fallen two per cent , in the last two days , and are now barely over 90 after the dividend is paid . East Indian railway shares are about three discount . Canadian shares very heavy Grand Trunk shares at 10 . } per share , and Great "Western of Canada at i discount . The heavy railway shares" have dropped 31 . to 41 . per cent , and are still very heavy . Caledonians have given way two per cent . Berwicks two and a half percent . Money is worth six and a half percent , and in demand . In mining shares , Lady Berthas , Trelawnys , East Bassetts , Alfred Consols , and Sortridgo Consols have been dealt in .
Blackburn, 7£, 8^: Caledonian, Ss' I, St...
Blackburn , 7 £ , 8 ^ : Caledonian , SS ' i , Sti ; Chester and Hoi . yhoad , 32 , . "to ; Kascern Counties , 55 , CG ; Great Northern , Dii , i ) 5 £ ; Great Southern and Western ( Ireland ; , 97 , 99 ; Groat Western , 523 , 531 . i Lancashire ! and Yorkshire , 934 , 93 J ; London and Bla ' ckwalL , 5 J , 5 ( 3 ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 1 * 1 , 503 ; London and North-Western , 95 i , 95 i ; London and South - Wustcrn . 88 , 89 ; Midland , 80 J , SO ? ; North - Eastern ( Berwick ) , DO , 1 ) 1 ; South - Eastern ( Dover ) , 01 , C 5 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 5 j , GJ ; Dutch Rhenish , 3 J , 31 dis . ; Eastern of France ( Paris and Strasbourg ) , 27 , 27 i ; Great Central-of France , 23 J , 2 ik ; Great Luxembourg , C , ft }; Northern of Franco , 34 ;) , 31 J ; Paris and Lyons , 333 , 33 ? ; Itoyal Danish , 11 , 10 ; Royal Swedish , 4 , 5 ; iSambro and Mense . Gj , 7 i .
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CORN MARKE T . Mark-Jane , Friday , October 9 , 1 S 57 . Hekk , and throughout tho country , the markets this week have buen tolerably firm , 'l'ho accounts of the potatoes continue to bo bud , and it is feared tlio vain , of which n great deal has fallen in tho south , will make them worbO There is no actual variation in the price of any article on this market . Thy cheapest shipping markets arc on the South Coast , where good (! 2 lbs . Wheat is 51 s . Od . free on board .
British Funds For The Past Week. (Closin...
BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Piiices . ) I Sat . Mgu . \ Tuc $ . \ Wed . ' Thur . Frid . Bank Slock .. J I 3 por Cent . Kcd ..,... l I IJ porCont . Con . An . I !)(>! !><> J I !> 0 8 i > l ' 8 ' . ) J Consols for Account 90 i 00 J 1 ) 0 89 J" ; SI ) , ) New 3 per Cent . An , m ' New 2 J per Cents o ' Long Auh . 1800 ! = " ¦ i India Stock I 207 210 210 ET I Ditto Bonds . . IMGOO . T « | Ditto , under X 1 O 00 -J , \ i d I SI « 1 i 25 d Ex . Mils , . £ 1000 Id Id 8 < 1 I Ditto , £ 500 5 « 1 8 ( 1 111 I 8 ( 1 Ditto , Small Id . ' 5 d 7 ( 1 1 d I 2 d 1 'ORElCiN FUNDS . ( Last Oi ' iuciai ., Quotation oiikino nuc Wjshj * kbdi no TllUIiBDA-V UVKNINU . ) Brazilian Uonds IWJ I ' ortuKUoso 't per Cents- ... HuonosAyres tip . Onts .., ' ltiissmn llomls , t > i H : r Chilian < t por Coml . s ' ¦ Cents •;•••¦¦ *\ m Chilian 3 per Oiuts Russian 4 j per ( , onts .... I ) DnU'h 2 i per Cnuls ( Wii MpaniMi ... ' 10 . 1 Dutch 4 per Cent . Corlf . W Spanish ConnniUiioCer-Uiiundor Itonds rl , «» f <' " 'l | - »<>«< V ; r ; i Muxloan Amount 21 1 urkiah « t por Conts I Peruvian 41 porConta .... 7 H * Turkish New , 4 di to .... < Jb | PortuiriieHo ; t por Cunts . ... VonczuolMi por Conts
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 10, 1857, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10101857/page/21/
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