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THE LEADER. [No. 316, Saturday,
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OUK CIVILISATION. A MEETING OF "SWELL MO...
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AN EVENING BURGLARY IN THE CITY. The rec...
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MATERIALS FOR CHOLERA. Gtaoncws Mil-don,...
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This Health Of The Empress Continue* To ...
a marriage b etween his son Don Pedro V the reigning Sovereign , the Princess Charlotte of Belgium . DENMABK . The British Governmenthas definitively dechned the proposal made by Denmark for the capitalisation of the S ? und Dues , expressing , however a willingness , to receive fresh propositions . The latter have not yet been put into tangible shape . HAMBURG . X strong majority of the assembly of burghers ot Hamburg has rejected , for the third time , the new constitution proposed by the Senate .
The Leader. [No. 316, Saturday,
THE LEADER . [ No . 316 , Saturday ,
Ouk Civilisation. A Meeting Of "Swell Mo...
OUK CIVILISATION . A MEETING OF " SWELL MOBSMEN . " Mb . Henry Mayhew—one of the most courageous , practical , and truly Christian inquirers into vice and misery that the present age has produced—has followed up his gathering of ticket-of-leave men by an invitation to the " Swell-mobsmen" of London , which was responded to "by about one hundred of them , who met on Monday evening at the "White Lion Tavern , Fashion-street , Brick-lane , . Spitalfields . In an account published in . the l > aily News , vre read that the meeting was convened for the purpose of taking the opinion , of such characters with respect to the working of an . institution -which is intended to lend a helping hand to those offenders who may be disposed to " square aceoxmts " -with society , and . to lead an honest life-THi . 0 wwvm in wlviMl tVi p , TneP . MTlOP WJW 3 Tlftld W 39 Well
lighted and comfortable . A free and easy manner prevailed , but everything was carried on decently , the cries of " o rder" and " chair" being immediately followed by attentive silence . A . stranger would have had nos » su . spicion that the men . there assembled were at war with society . They one and all appeared well fed , well dad , and at ease with themselves . In the course of the evening , several showily - dressed youths , who were evidently the " aristocracy " of the class , walked into the room . "These were mostly habited as clerks or young men in offices , some wearing gold guard-chains ,, others with pistol keys dangling from their waistcoat pockets , and diamond in tnenr cravats ±
navmg pins , ney were , however ; all- " mobsmen , " as they are called—men wIlo , in some instances , we are assured , are gaining their £ 10 or even j £ 20 a-week , by light-fingered operations . Indeed , several present were pointed out as "tip-top sawyers / ' " moviug in the best society , and doing a heavy business . " Besides these , there were a few notorious " cracksmen" ( house-breakers ) , and one or two "fences" ( receivers of stolen goods ) , who were jJftKJt to he worth their weight in gold . On the entry of one who was unknown to the rest , a cry was raised of " Only ' kenobes * there ! " "No square men in the room ! " which , being interpreted , meant only " nob ' s , " or first-class thieves—none who are following an honest course of life to be present ; whereupon it was represented to the stranger that the meetingvwas a private one . Mr . Mayhew having addressed the meeting , several
of the " mobsmon" related their experiences . Some stated 'that they were desirous to return to an honest mode of living ; others that they had done so ; all " that the horrors of imprisonment and transportation are more than sufficient to counterbalance the wild joys of the " kenobe ' a" life . » They likewise all agreed that one great obstacle to the reformation of criminals ia the brutality and perpetual interference of the police when the former have obtained situations . Mr . Mayhew afterwards explained the nature of the proposed reformatory institution . A ticket-of-leave man , of very good address , concluded some observations with the exclamation , " Might God and good reason speed them 1 " which was received with applause . The meeting dispersed quietly . It is but right to add ( says tho Daily JVeios ) that , while some of the persons present were pointed out by the others » b being men anxious to " square it , " and who thev knew to ba willinc tr » -wnvlr . nt . hova . nn
the contrary , were spoken of as being " incorrigibly " though , from tlie frank and even honest expression of many of those young men ( for they were mostl y "between twenty and thirty ) , it would have been difficult to have recognised them as habitual thieveH . A few , indeed , candidly stated "they didn't seem to care " about reforming themselves , but they would gladly assist any of their body who were desirous of so doing . At the conclusion , a good-lookinpj boy was introduced , -y vho wan in the habit of gaining a few pence by reciting scenes from Shalcspeare in publio-liouao parlours . The mon Buid it was a pity something could not bo done for the poor lad , as they behoved him to
» o nonesu ana oiover , and they feared , if not rescued from his present courses , ho would sooner or later bo-« ome one of them .
An Evening Burglary In The City. The Rec...
AN EVENING BURGLARY IN THE CITY . The recklessness of ticket-of-leave men has received another illustration in a singularly daring burglary and attempt at murder , committed at half-past seven o ' clock last Sunday evening in Mitre-square , Aldersgat ' e-street , City- At that hour , the police were passing by the house of Mr . Socketts , a dairyman , when a cry of "Police ! " and "Murder ! " was raised from , the first-floor window , at which stood a man named Martin . He stated that there were thieves in the house ; but , on the police telling him to come down and open the door , he replied , " I ' m afraid . " One of the constables again told him to come down , and , if any one offered to molest him , to call out , and the police would burst open the door . He then left the window , and the constables went round to the back of the house , and discovered a man in the yard . Several
of the neighbours then assembled about the wali , over which one of the policemen climbed , and arrested a ruffianly looking fellow , supposed to be a ticket-of-leave man . The house being then entered , it was found that the man Martin , whoso liead was covered with blood , had been beaten with a candlestick , and he now lies in a very dangerous state . A bag , containing some propery , was found in the dustbin . On his way to the station-house , Fitsswilliam , the culprit who had been caught , said , to the constable who had him in charge , " It was a lucky job you came . along at the time you did , as otherwise I should have thrown the man out of the window . " The accused was brought up at the Mansion House and remanded . The robbery was committed at a tim e when suoh depredations are of frequent occurrence—during the absence of the family at ohuroh .
Staxh ov the Churchyard of St . Marqahet ' s , Westminster . — Somo correspondents of the Times have been calling attention , during the past week , to the disgraceful state of this churchyard , whoro children pick up the bonos which aro indecently scattered about , and carry them away in their pinafores , probably to some marine Btoro dealer ' s . Upou seeing this revolting sight , on a viait to the locality , one of the correspondents in question * ' immediately called the attention of a workman to the prooeodinga , and ho made the children drop their booty , whioh amountod to nearly a pock of human bonos , consisting of pieces of bouIIs , ribs , vertebrro , two ¦ A-1- * vrwltVv / -v » is ^ a o > nr \ <\ ffvt \ t \ (* it 11 ivil ~\ rtt » At a % -v \<\\ 1 m « Ii 4 *\>~ tnil
Commutation op Sentence . —rhe ^ sentence of death passed on Hans Hansen , who has been found guilty of murdering one of his comrades belonging to a German battalion , quartered at Plymouth , has been commuted to transportation for life , owing to the state of drunkenness of both men at the time of the act , and to the apparent absence of premeditation . The Killing of Bousfield . —The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have sent in their report to Sir George Grey , in reference to the circumstances attending the execution of the murderer Bousfield , at the Old Bailey , on Monday week . The Sheriffs repoi-t that Calcraf t , the executioner , was unnerved by the letter he had received , threatening his life on Lucukciuio
xiie Bcauoiu , auu tuiib mo jLU . . uixuujmHLances 01 the execution were aggravated by the physical prostration of the victim when brought -up to the gallows . Depraved , but Religious ( by . Profession ) . —Mr . "Wharton B . Marriott communicates to tlie Times , from Eton College , a story of an imposter , who trades upon a fiction of poverty , accompanied by profound religious sentiment . "A cer tain J . F . ( I will not name him , for the sake of his friends , who are , I believe , respectable ) wrote to me few days ago from Church-street , Deptford , stating in a letter of sis pages , closely written , that he was the son of a clergyman , and himself originally intended for holy orders , but that , owing to the embarrassed state of his father's affairs , he had been unable to complete his education at college ; that he was at this moment reduced by severe illness to the lowest state of destitution . and distress , but nad , he thanked God , at last bcott
obtained a situation of 20 s . a-week at Messrs . Russell's , a certificate "to which , effect was enclosed , but that his clothes were pawned to the amount of 35 s ., his ^' fondly-attached wife' extremely ill , and'he liimself unable to work for want of clothes and a little nourishing food . Then came a long quotation from Scripture as to the coming of that night when no man can work , and an intimation in t he same sentence that a trifle , per post-office Older , would set Mm up for life and make him a truly lappy man , & c . In answer to this , lam ashamed to say , I enclosed Mm a trifle , saying that it would depend upon the result of inquiries which I should make whether I << rtnlrl An nnvt . biner more for him . Bv return of post i •¦ h - ^» ¦ ¦ ¦¦ f ¦ -- b
- ^ - ^^ »^ ^ rw ^^^ w ^™ 'j " —— — — — — ^^ « I received a long reply , say ing that the relief I had sent him , had , enabled Mm to buy a loaf of bread and a few coals , aad . entreating me . to send a few old clothes and shoes and a trifle hi money , if it were only 5 s . His most urgent -want was to be able to partake of the Holy Communion on Sunday , ' under the advice of his spiritual director , ' and he was veryanxious to be * able to put a trifle into the alms-dislx for the benefit of the poor . This was followed by an abundance of Scriptural quotations , and by the expression of most pious sentiment s so worded as to excite far more of suspicion than of sympathy . Before writing to him , again , I thought it as well to refer for information to the Secretary of the Mendicity Society , and I found , as I anticipated , that the man was well known to them . It appeared that lie was a , man of ' very depraved habits , ' a drunkard , and . ^ .. o ^ mo . i + « iii 4-. i « k < i +. Tiin * fnnrlrv-attached wife .
This being the case , I have written to Mr . J . *• to inform him that I have sent £ 1 Is . for the benefit ct himself and his confreres to tlie Mendicity Society . Highway Robbery with Violence . —A murderous attack was made a few nights ago , between nine a » d ten o ' clock , in a low alley turning out of Shoreditcb , on Mr . Sharwell , a warehouseman in the city . The watch worn by that gentleman was first snatched from him , and , on running after the thief , he was ferociously ill-used by two other men , and left senseless on tlie pavement . Two men were brought before tlio Worshipstreet magistrate , charged with t his outrage ; and , although one made au apparently generous attempt to show that he was the only person implicated , both were committed for trial . ¦ 1 Central Criminal Couiit . —Henry Thomas , a young man of twenty . five , has been sentenced to fire years' penal servitude for a garotte robbery , in comnot 8 i i
pany with two otuer men m cu ; oaj .-- ;' p " men and a woman have been found guilty of coming ' * and sentenced to various terms of impriso nment ana penal servitude . Fusedalo Blow Pope , a lad of thirteen , has pleaded Guilty to a ohai-go of stealing a cash-box containing securities . He woo ^ nlso charged with nrsou , , of which he was Acquitted . Ho was sentenced to six years' penal servitude . Frodoncic Stapleton , a brass-finisher , and Frances Price , were Acquitted of a charge of burglary in the Iiouho ox Benjamin West , a jeweller , and stealing property to the value of £ \ , 500 Tbn Shillings a-Wmhk Wages , anp its Fhuits-—Thomaa Clarkaon , a rospootable-loolung young xnnn . ninataan irmina nf nirn nlnnrlfifl miilt . V lit tllO COHW "'
Criminal Court to a charge of embezzling £ 2 () ' tl property of hie employer . Mr . Jamos Ogden , a Manchester warehouaoman in Aldersgato-Btroot . 1 » iuibwoi to a question from the Kooorder , tho prosecutor » " « that ClarltBon ' tt wages wore ton Bhillings a-week . * " « Recorder asked if that was not rather a . low amount ; w Which Mr . Ogden said yes , but a certain oommi «» i ° »
These he at onco buried , and iu so doing romovod a groat many moro , though ho did nob dig doopor than eighteen inches . This man assured mo that it was one person ' s work to keep the * young devils' from taking away the bonos . " It appears that somo of the contents of tho ohurohyurd are being removed to the yard of Christ Church , Broadway .
Materials For Cholera. Gtaoncws Mil-Don,...
MATERIALS FOR CHOLERA . Gtaoncws Mil-don , John Oulverhouso , and William Stapolton , duab contractors , of Bohnont-wharf , Maidenlane , were summoned , « t the Clerkenwoll poliooco \ irb ,
to show cause why they should not abate a nuisance which was injurious to the health of the neighbourhood , the nuisance being caused by sifting dust and other offensive matter . Several witnesses having been examined pro and con , the defendants denied the charge , and assert ed that all the offensive matter was put into a cart every day . Mr . Tyrwhitt , in deciding the case , said the sanitary laws in their present shape originated from sheer necessity . The premises in question lay alongside the Regent ' s-canal , which afforded great facilities for the trading in dust and other offals called " hard and soft core" collected in the metropolis . The sifting of the one , the separating of the others , and the accumulation ot all to tne eviaen sicjK
, naa , according . ee , .. enea . the neighbours ' . The defendants were not bound to submit to a magistrate ' s decision , for they could , if they had pleased , have taken their case before a jury ; but , as they had chosen to abide by his ( Mr . Tyrwhitt ' s ) decision , he was bound to say that , in his opinion , the nuisance was proved to exist , as charged , and that no measures had yet been taken to prevent or counteract danger to the he ' altb . of the neighbourhood . Three cases of typhus , traceable to this cause , had occurred in one house , within seventy feet of one of the heaps of dust complained of . These heaps were estimated as containing fifty tons of " hard and soft core ; " both of which were sworn to be offensive . Other parties when in possession of these premises made a like use of them , but they had been prosecuted , and then they removed the cause of complaint . Large heaps of "hard and softcore , " steaming and stifliaer , had again arisen , to the extent described by
the witnesses . He was therefore bound to convict ; but , as the defendants , much to their Credit as respectable men of business , had declared themselves ready to clear off the deleterious matter and to employ extra strength immediately to ship it off by the canal , the object of the prosecution would be answered if that were done within three weeks . He also recommended that the sifting , which occasioned so nxuch annoyance , should not be resumed on the premises . It was understood that , if the local authorities were satisfied with the state of the yards , & c , at the end of three weeks , the proceedings wo \ tld be discontinued .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 12, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12041856/page/8/
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