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MISCELLANEOUS. Jenny Xind, now Madame Of...
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An attonapt was mado last week to burn a...
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A Whitechapel Romance. Mahombt Abbaham, ...
ized and pretty-faeOTipraswitiiig a remarkable contrast to the storage being who accompanied tod was cherished by her . The mendicity officer said : * 4-At twenty minutes ^ eleven o ' clock I Saw the two prisoners together In Bishopsgate-sfepeet . they had come from Halifax--8 toeet ;^ he ^ tbJBy ^ yo : 1 ^^ ep >; . a ^ - % e \ girl- - ^^ he 4 a petition tb the ; man ' s breast , aiid placed him and his dog near the Sir Patil Piiidar public-house ^ in an ! attitude of Bripp iication . As soon as she had deposited him to her isatisikction against tbd wallj she retired from him . I soon saw him receive a penny , and I apprehended them both .
The Lobi ) Matob : Is it possible that those two persons have been living together P The Mendicity Officer v I have traced them to their very bod , and h & ve been particularly informed of their habits . Gaptain Wood * of the Mendicity Society : The case is certainly the most extraordinary I have met with in all my experience , and discloses not only a singular instance of perverted taste , but other peculiarities calculated to bxeite surprise ^ and illustrate the begging system . Perhaps the most explicit way of informing your Lordship of the circumstances of the case is by reading a letter which I received from the young woman ' s father , who is present in the justice-room »** - ¦ " TO ISE SECJtETABT OF THE MBSMCIIT SOCIETT , SED IiTON-8 QP 4 iE .
" Deab SiE , —I beg to submit the foupwnig ; distressing case to your sympathieB , and to eoliicat froih youthe advice and assistance which I am led : io understand arei kindly afforded by your society in extraordinary ; cases out of the pale of parental author * ty , By birth , and education a gentleman , I married in the year 1820 a lady in the same sphere of society , by whom I had igsue t \ yo daughters , the eldest of whom ( the unfortunate ; subject of this applieation )^ lidw- 23 years of age , Was , frOna the age of three months , brought up and educated in the first st y leby her maternal grandfather and grandmother . At their decease , about eeven or eight years since , she becaine an unwil ^ g inmate of her parents ' dwelUne , from which she contrived to get away with a
marriea man , and was not heard Of ( having eluded the efforts of the police to trace her for many months ) until the receipt of a letter in . thelSwflS newspaper ^ from Mr , D'Arcy , our solicitor , at Newton . Abbott , in Devonshire , in which paper a detailed and humane account of the distressing condition of a yount lad y then lying at Sfc . _ Lulj : e ' s Workhouse appeared under the assumed name of Elizabeth Allen . This account , a & regarded my daughter , abounded with the most atrocious : falsehoods , aa detailed by herself to tho Board of Guardians of St , Luke ' s . My wife ( having a cousin of the name , to whom thp solicitor suggested it might apply ) went » to St . Luko * s , and found our daughter to be the person , whoso case had been detailed tin tho
Times , and on heir being brought before thorn and- her mother , was there and than convicted of deliberate falsehood and fraud , and handed over to her mother . Exertions wore then successfully inado to got her cured of a complication of loathaoino disorders at St , Bartholomew's Hospital , whence , after being brought to a state of convalescence , and robbing somo of the nurses of small sums of nvraoy , she escaped , and again was , lost sight of for many months , when a gentleman , a friend of the family , saw her and gayo her into custody of the polico , who restored her onco more to her afflioted parents . Her conduct from this period was infamous in the extreme , and , on hor coming of ago , she threw off all restraint , and having a small house property i » Devonshire , subject to her parents' interest , but which was waved in her favour , slip
fott ua , nor dip . we know of her whereabouts until , about ton months . since , £ mot her in the streets of Whitocbapol , in tho last stage of destitution , filth , and rags , singing ballads . My humanity onco again led mo to epoak with hor , and to remonstrato , the result of which was that wo took hor homo , oleansod , clothed , and cared for her . This lasted but a short time , and her rocurroncb to hor former habits again precluded all jcnowledgo respecting hor until , a few days since , wo roceived ft letter from our solicitor , flaymg that ho had hoard from our daughter , as tho wife of ft Mr . Abraham , doqiring tho salp of hor property , and requesting him to take the necessary stops , —¦ pno of thos e , and the preliminary stop , being our signatures and consent .
"My first impulse was to visit tho locality specified in Ino solicitor ' s letter , < 7 , Littlo Halifax-street , Whitochanol , ' and thfcre , in ono miserable room , oohabiting with a Wftok blind beggar who perambulates tho afreets with ft bro wn dog , this wretched girl ia to bp found . The part'oa y « o hvo hi the same house say that bIio has beon cohabiting with this monstrous , loathsome bbing for two months , ftnd that thoy live most luxuriously . Her mother , who JiftH had an interview * ith \\ m > . stateti that she boasts of
"u « man ' s bringing hor homo from the Wost-end froquontl y 15 » . per fay and on an average 7 # . or 8 s . per < llom . She stated Jiobolf to hatro been married to him novon months since at Whitochapol church , which , on care-| ul i nquiry , I find to bo false , having oxarairiod tho church books and seen tho oiuoialu on tho subject . These latter ciroumatanoop induce mo to think thftt tho humanity and portions o f you ^ flOpj 0 t y xmy i , 0 mado avftjlablo lor tho Niiprn-ossion of sp much vfoo and tho salvation of this un-Jortunato child . "
JU o Lord MAroii : Certainly this is tho most hornblo ploco of London romance I ovor heard ' of , and ii > would l ; o quite ihorodlblo if I had not hero Ibeforo mo « H tho porsoriB concornqd . Is it possible , young woman , «« w yoti chi » hwe kny rbspoot or uitocfcUw for tho M wtoble crbttbre nfc your rth \« t
Eliza ' ~— - ~ : Yes , I have both respect and affbction for him . I have no idea of leaving him . We can do very well together ( and she pressed the hand of her singular companion ) , ... . The Mendicity Officer : The man has been begging about for several years , and I have no doubt is well able'to keep £ woman in great luxury . I am convinced that the girl has been attracted by the excellent living with which he indulges her . They have been in the habit of getting the best , and she does not deny it . Eliza - —~ : Well , I can * t go home , and I won't go home .
The black said he had been dog-led through the streets of London for eight years ; that there could be no mistake jabont his blindness , and if any one knew How a blind man was to support himself , except upon the kindness of those who were not blind , he would be much obliged to be informed in what way . The Lord Mayor then communicated privately with the father of the girl , and both prisoners were remanded .
This interesting couple were brought np for further examination on Wednesday . On this occasion Mahomet Abraham had paid a little more attention to his personal appearance . From the evidence of policeofficers it appeared that the girl used to follow him at a little distance when he was on his begging excursions , and to lead him over the crossings . Mahomet stated
that he had been a sailor , and had come from Calcutta . He had entirely lost the sight of one eye by a cold , and the other was so far injured as to be useless . He first met with Eliza on the occasion of his inquiring of those passing by , " Where he could get any dogs' meatV * Eliza heard his inquiry , and , took him to a shop . He a ^ ked her to go home to tea with him , which she did , and has remained with him ever since .
Mr . Coleinan , of the office of Eegistrar-General of Seamen , stated that by the ^ Tth and 8 tb . Vic . c . 12 , Mahomet could be sent back to India as a Malay by the Lords of the Admiralty . Mahomet seemed to dislike this proceeding , but the Alderman said he should remand him for a week in order to make arrangements for carrying out this plan . * Eliza was then placed at the bar , and confirmed the statement of Abraham . She gave as the motive for leaving home , that she could not bear to be confined to her own room , the treatment to which she was
subjected at home , "because she said something which was not considered proper in the presence of children . " She admitted that she had known a married gentleman , but that as soon as she ascertained that he was married ^ he dropped his acquaintance . Alderman Hooper stated that he had understood that her relations and friends were still willing to act for her benefit , which they thought would bo best promoted by her going abroad . She expressed her willingness to go as soon as possible . The Alderman said he would communicate with her friends , and that ho thought preparations would soon be made for her departure .
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Miscellaneous. Jenny Xind, Now Madame Of...
MISCELLANEOUS . Jenny Xind , now Madame Ofcto Goldsehmidt , arrived at L iverpool in the Atlantic steamer on Wednesday , Mr . W . M . Thackeray arrived at Antwerp on Monday , by the Loiidon steamer Baron O $ yi Mr . Macdougall has been elected to the Edinburgh Chair of Moral Philosophy by a majority of 20 to 18 , against Mr ; J [ orrior , tho othor candidate . Tho itight Honourablo David Boyle , lately Lord Justico Gcnoral and President of tho Court of Session , who was offered tho title of a baronet , on his retiring from office , has declined that dignity . Thoave nuoof trees loading to tho Farm of Hougemont has boon cut down : and tho timber purchased by Messrs . Jonos , tho Eng lish coac hraakors , at Brussels . A subscription is to bo oponod for the purposo of having an ologant carriage built , in Brussels , of this Hougomont wood , to he presented to tho " Duke . " _
Lieut-Gonoral Sir George II . F . Berkeley , K . O . B ., ono of tho most distinguished officers in tho British army , ha « been appointed Surveyor-General of tho Ordnance , m tho room of Major-Gonoral 0 . B , Fox . Sir George Borkoloy loft town on Wednesday night , by mail train , to contest the borough of Povonport on behalf of tho Government . — Morning Herald .
An Attempt Is Again Being Mado To Comple...
An attempt is again being mado to complete the approaches to tho Thames Tunnel . It lias boon ascertained that a groat traffic bxistfl between tho placos connected by the tunnol . ' This measure will at tho samo time greatly roliovo london-bridgo , and in many oases save a distanco of nevoral mUop . , ,, „ . T ., Q'Jio doso of Sir Oharloa Napier and tho . East India Company , tho facts of which wore briefly giyon in last Woek Reader , came . on for judgment on Saturday last , in tho Court of Quoen ' s Bench , Lord Campbell , in M y iudamont , after referring to tho various statutes tlwt boar upon tho quoation , decided , that tho Company were under no letjal obligation to pay tho monoy claimed by Sjr OharloB Napior , and that oonfloquontly tho Court could nob intoHbre , Tho rulo was rofusod . Tho annual mooting of tli . o National Booioty was hold , on Thursday , in tho Oontral School lloomH , at tho Sane luwy . W «» t » ninutflr » »!»« « l »» h « t of the meeting wA » > tUut
the High Church party carried their eandidate ^ for the committee by large majorities ; and that the famous resolutions regarding the management clause were [ Withdrawn . In fact , Lord Derby has agreed propose some modifications of these clauses , and to inquire into the alleged systematic suppression of the catechism in church schools . The Protestant Alliance held its annual meeting V- the Freemasons * Tavern , on Saturday . It was ihejirrt anW vereary . Lord Shaftesbury presided ; , Mr . Beyan movdtt the first resolution , the Earl of Eoden seconded it ; another resolution Was spoken to by tho BTonourable and Eeverend BaptiBt Noel ; Sir Culling Eardley was also a speaker ^ and Rear-Admiral Harcourt proposed the vote of thanks . to the chairman . From the enumeration of these names the reader will understand that the speeches were very Protestant , and the feeling insolently anti > Catholic .
Ascot Races is , after the Derby , one of our greatest national festivals . Royalty makes a point of always attending the course on the " Cup day . " The races came off this week amid showers of rain . 'Nevertheless , the Queen went to the Heath on Tuesday and Thursday ; and the titled crowd who frequent race- courses were present in . good numbers . This year the Cup , on Tuesday , was won by the Marinella colt , and the Vase of the Czar by Joe Miller . The rain spoilt the running , and beat the best horses . The Rev . H . Mackenzie , vicar of St . Martin ' s-in-thefields , met a number of his parishioners on Wednesday
evening , to inaugurate a library and reading-room for their use in the building of the 2 ? orthem Schools , Castleetreet . He was supported by the Eajfl of Harrowby Viscount Ingestre , Sir Walter James , Bart ; , . Rev . T . Jackson ( Canon of St . Paul ' s Cathedral ) , Dr . Jelf , Dr . Wain-Wright , Rev . Professor Maurice , Capt . Townshend , M . P ., and several other clergymen . He announced a _ valuable contribution of books fro » n Prince Albert , a donation of 51 from the Bishop of London , and read also letters expressing sympa thy and countenance from the Earl of Carlisle , Viscount Gbderich , Lord J . Manners , Sir W . P . Wood , and other gentlemen .
The exhibition of the works of the students of the soveral schooh ? of ornamental art recently opened at the Department of Practical Art at Marlboroiigh-house , has been closed to the public , having been visited by several thousands of persons . The works will be forthwith returned to the local schools , in many of which , as at Cork , Birmingham , & c , they are wanted for exhibition . In . order to complete the cases for the Museum of Ornamental Manufactures , and prepare the rooms for study and drawing , the Museum is closed until further notice . Tho course of Mr . Owen Jones ' s Lectures on true and falso principles of design , however , is not interrupted by these arrangements . . _ The Senate of the United States has at length passed the bill granting Collins ' s line of steamers 33 , 000 dollars for each voyage .
Casolani , the contra-basso , died at Now York , _ after much suffering , on the 20 th ult ., of consumption . Sjgnor Casolani was a nativo of Bologna , and had played in the p rincipal orchestras in Italy , in Worth America , tho Havannab , & c . ; ho was recently in the orchestra of her MajestyV Theatre , and afterwards , at the opening , of tho Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden . He was a great favourite of tho celebrated Dragonetti , who called him " his cluld , " and bequeathed him bis second best doublebass , tho firot being restored to tho convent of St . Mark's , Venieoj whence Dragonetti had it . " His death was long expected , " says ft Now York paper , " as consumption had boon at work for years past upon his onco hardy framo . Ho was about 45 years old when ho died , and his loss will be felt and regretted , by thousands of frionda and brother artists on both sides of the Atlantic . May ho rest in peace , as ho was kind and gontlo on earth . "
An Attonapt Was Mado Last Week To Burn A...
An attonapt was mado last week to burn a steam-ship building establishment at Cork . A party of four young men woro on tho river , at Chelsea , in a small boat , on Sunday afternoon . In plaving and splashing each other with tho oars , they capsized tho boat , and two of them woro drowned . A lady of Lavorstock , named Mrs . Targott , has recently committed suicido in a fit of insanity , the hitter being caused , as it is supposed , b y her two children by a former husband boing taken from nor . A tromondoue firo on Thursday destroyed two largo warehouse floors in tho groat printing establishment of Messrs . Clowes , Stamford Street , Blaokfriars Road . Tho rooms contained many tons of paper , and tho sheets of , sovoral books . Tho proporty , fortunately , was insured .
A young man , who had boon concerned in a robbery , pursued by a polico-ofHcor on Saturday aftornoon , took refugo in tho Stock Exchange , to which ho obtained admission under somo pretence , Tho policeman , who was in private clothes , was refused admittance by tho beadle , and was rpforrqd to the Bocretary ; and when at length ho obtained an onlrance , the man ho waa in search of had , of course , taken flight . A flro broko out on Wednesday morning botwoon two and throo o ' clock in a long range of promises botweon Bonnetfc-streot and Stamford-street , Blackfriars-road . In a
shorti time tho flames had oxtonded so far thlit tho wholo neighbourhood was lighted up , Sovoral engines quickly arriving , tho firo was . brought under in about an hour . Tho 'daraago done is found to bo very groat . A gentleman , somo days ago , accidentally left a dressing * ooho in ono of tho carriages of tho ShrowBbwry and , Birmingham Railway . Jamou Pearco , an ongine-drivor , * vnd Richard Pugh , a stoker , happoning to alight upon the urtiolo , converted it to thoir own uao , and divided oatweett thorn tho contents , including jowollory of tho value of 201 . or 002 . Tho criminal !* woro dotootod tlurougjh the Jiawnjng of nome of tUo article ^ and h « v < p b » i » n e » mmiu « 4 qk trirtli •¦' ¦ ' '' ¦ ¦ . " ' '
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Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12061852/page/11/
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