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7m -THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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Bishop, the Timsic-master at the Appleby...
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James Buxrel, a- soldier, billeted at a....
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Ait the .Lambeth. tPoIice Court, Sarah S...
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The woman Brougb, the heroine of the "Es...
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At the T-ipperary A-ssizes, two men have...
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At; Ayr, one evening lately, a party of ...
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Miss Kaul, a German lady, was walking al...
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A Mrs. "Briggs, of Chelsea, was delivere...
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A Bradford Jury, in an inquest on the bo...
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A man of the name of /Dean hung himself ...
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NOTES ON THE WAR. An expedition has sail...
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Before leaving Bucharest, Prince Gortsch...
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This is Omar Pacha's address: — "Romnnon...
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Adlerberg arrived at EYnteflehti at the ...
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In tlio Black Son n circunistancu has ta...
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The French admiral in the Baltic has add...
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The Constantinople correspondent of the ...
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"Private telegraphic advices from Berlin...
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Four French generals have died of choler...
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"In addition to Xady Erroll, who remains...
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The Naib, SheiU Emit), brother-in-law of...
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Accounts from Belgium state that, as a p...
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A Benisvot.unt ]5xpist>rrioN to tiik Bal...
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Tina GnRAT SnA.vmo Question remains in t...
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A Presbyterian Clergyman Has. Been In A ...
fendaot usually fastening the door of tbe front room . Mr . ftlar tyn . paid , her a ^ sovereign before the birth of the child ro"wardsexpettSes . He . ( defendant" ) was considered her accented Buiton , « ad ibot-h her father and inotlier knew of it . Ihefirst . became aware of her situation on the 8 th of July in the present year . She & ad'mentioned the matter to Mr . and Mrs , Ghefwyn . Emma Chawner took a note to the Rev . Mr . Marfcvn for her on a-Saturday , and he met her in the evening when * he embraced her . Mr . Clietwyn is one of the elders of the Presbyterian clrareh , and Mr . Martyn expressed his snvjrtdse that she should have so exposed him . The Rev . Mr . Mattjn was then sworn , and be positively denied everything that Che complainant had stated , or that he had ever received a note from Emma Chawjaer . The Bencli said that they felt bound , from the evidence brought forward , to affiliate the child 4 and ordered the Rev . Mr . -Martyn to pay 2 s . 6 d . per week and the costs .
7m -The Leader. [Saturday,
7 m -THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Bishop, The Timsic-Master At The Appleby...
Bishop , the Timsic-master at the Appleby seminaTy , has been tried this week fox running away with the girl , Ward , a heiress , twelve years of age , and whom he had married , and he has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour . There can be but one opinion as to the idiotcy of the parents in bringing a bad case to such a worse result ; for the marriage is indissoluble .
James Buxrel, A- Soldier, Billeted At A....
James Buxrel , a- soldier , billeted at a . public-house atWhitehaven , got "friendly" with the landlady , matfee her drunk , and then ravished her , or attempted —sher'wasTiot very sure which .- The case has been ferieS > srti ; Cunil ) e * land Assizes this week : the prisoner found guilty of attempt , and sentenced to twelve months'hard labour . " - At the Guildford Assizes , Ann Berry man , a young girl s a dressmaker , has been tried on a charge of concealing the "birth of her child , and acquitted . She had been seduced ; bec & iaie pregnant ; there was a premature birth of a dead infant , and , to hide her shame , she burnt the body and buried the bones !
Ait The .Lambeth. Tpoiice Court, Sarah S...
Ait the . Lambeth . tPoIice Court , Sarah Seymour Las been a _ character this'wee-lc . She is a young girl in love with a young man ; toting on board a Thames steamer she sees her young man , on one of the piers ^ in company with another young woman : in her jealous * despair she throws herself into the river , and . is wly 6 aved-after'great efforts . The magistrate lectures her , she cries , 5 s very soTry , and is discharged- —to make inquiries about her young man .
The Woman Brougb, The Heroine Of The "Es...
The woman Brougb , the heroine of the " Esher tragedy , " has beenrtried this week for the murder of her children , and found c < Not guilty , on the ground , of insanity . " Dr . Winslow gave e-vidence which produced this Tesult on the jury ; and what he says is of general application in all such cases : — 11 In answer to a questioa jut by Mr . Bodkin , Dr . Winslow expressed an opinion , fvoin what he had heard in the prisoner ' s case ,, that . her brain -was structurally disorganised , and lie said this would render it much moro disposed to bu affected by any Tnoral shook . He went on to say that the mere fact of on enormous crime being committed without
any apparent motive would not alone induce him to come to the ^ conclusion that the person committing it was insane , ; but lie said that if he found any one had killed a near relation without any motive , . and that it appeared they had . up to the time oi the act being committed , been on kind ana affectionate terms , he should certainly think that primfc facie it was an indication of insanity ; hut he should not positively como 4 o that conclusion without regarding all the other surrounding circumstances . "Upon being re-examined , Dr . Winslow said bo was of opinion that , at this moment , the prisoner was suffering iroin disease of the bruin . "
At The T-Ipperary A-Ssizes, Two Men Have...
At the T-ipperary A-ssizes , two men have been tjrieel , and -found guilty of being ringleaders in a riot of the Roman Oatholio population of Jfonagh against some Presbyterian missionaries , who were out that Yray " proselytising . " 'Xhis was tlio third time the men had been tried ; the two provioua juries boing ao > afflicted with religious partisanship as to be unable to- come to any verdict . It appears that the prosolytisera were " stoned" by the mob ; and impartial spectators cp . nnt > t but approve of such treatment in such a case .
At; Ayr, One Evening Lately, A Party Of ...
At ; Ayr , one evening lately , a party of three women and one man wore seen walking together on the beach , and separated , the man taking his position barely out of pistol shot : nnd , to the surprise of onlookers , he commenced atripping aD if going to bntho . But surprise waa succeeded by consternation on the part of the spectators when one of the women began to divest herself of her clothes . Ilio man met tho lady , haJ £ . wajr , and , to tfio amazement of all who witnessed tl » e Bpectu . cdu , g » ve her his armand slowly
, ftnd . ceremoniously inarched into tho sea lcneo deep . AdulO baptism was ttfie k < $ y to this proceeding ! for tho man , after pronouncing some gibberish , immersed hia companion over head and ears , und , pronouncing a "benediction , they slowly returned * to their respective places . Tho party wont off singing psalms aloud . Subsequent inquiry brought out Uto fact that tho Wpor ie a Mormonite , « disciple of Joo Smith , and wao dippeela a newly , na * de couvevt Graenoo / t AUmrtieer .
A Mr . O'Keefe , alias O'Keel , " an Irish gentleman , " has been before the Marlborough-street magistrate on a charge of obtaining 500 / . on false pretences , from a spinster , Pri 6 cilla East , residing at Bedford-place , Russell-square . The false pretence was that the gentleman , would marry her ; the fact being that the gentleman couldn ' t , being already married . They were opposite neighbours ; and their acquaintance had been made by ogling one another across the street . The money had been obtained in small suras , from time to time-, the circumstance that the swain had a wife in existence not being found out till the last .
Miss Kaul, A German Lady, Was Walking Al...
Miss Kaul , a German lady , was walking along Long-acre , a " street boy " ran behind her , and put an ignited lucifer match under her petticoats ; they caught lire : and the flames were with difficulty extinguished . The boy had done it in the mere spirit of mischief : and he was sent to goal for fourteeu days . T he sagacious magistrate said : — " The boys of London were London's greatest curse . They were brought up to no trade or calling , and were encouraged ia every species of mischief by their parents . If he liael the power , he would order this boy to be well whipped . "
A Mrs. "Briggs, Of Chelsea, Was Delivere...
A Mrs . "Briggs , of Chelsea , was delivered of a stillborn child : Mr . Briggs gave the body to a woman , with 2 s , 6 d , for its burial ; the woman put the body into an old box , and walked to a cemetery . Meeting a friend on the way , they went to drink , spent the money , and , in a state of drunken-ness , reeled about the street : the box falling , the child rolls out into the street , and a police case is the result .
A Bradford Jury, In An Inquest On The Bo...
A Bradford Jury , in an inquest on the body of a woman who died of cancer in the breast , have returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the practitioner ( unqualified ) who had attended her . He had professed to cure cancer " without cutting , " and was largely employed in-the neighbourhood .
A Man Of The Name Of /Dean Hung Himself ...
A man of the name of / Dean hung himself in liverpool this week , because , for two or three months , he had been -unsuccessful in his search for employment In the letter which he left addressed , to his wife , he excuses the act on the plea that lie was starving .
Notes On The War. An Expedition Has Sail...
NOTES ON THE WAR . An expedition has sailed from Varna ; and , according to the Ttmes , who speaks authoritatively , this expedition is to land •< on the heights of Sevastopol , " which is to be besieged by sea and land . News is daily expected from the Baltic of the destruction of Bomarsund ; French troops lauding , English ships bombarding . The Russians have retreated beyond the Pruth ; and both Principalities are , probably , at this moment free of Russian soldiers . Omar Pacha is in Bucharest . These are the great facts of the war ; the diplomatic facts are supplied by the speech of Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords on Thursday night .
Before Leaving Bucharest, Prince Gortsch...
Before leaving Bucharest , Prince Gortschakoff assembled the Boyards , and thanked them for the manner in which they hud treated the Russian troops durinff their stay in Bucharest . The general added , that strategic reasons induced him to quit the city , but that it was not improbable he might return at an early period .
This Is Omar Pacha's Address: — "Romnnon...
This is Omar Pacha ' s address : — " Romnnon , — When the Russian troops before Silistria learned that I was marching against them at the head of 80 , 000 men , they retired . I am now going to cross tho Danube , and hope , by God ' s holp , to drive back our and your enemy to Bessarabia . Be united one with anotJier . Your situation will shortly improve . — OBrAit . "
Adlerberg Arrived At Eynteflehti At The ...
Adlerberg arrived at EYnteflehti at the time that Gortsc-liakoif was drawing up hie plan of retreat . At this interview a rancorous and violent dieouseion took place between the two generals of the Cziir . In the presence of hist nides-de-camp , Adlerborg upbraided tho prince with an aimlesa neglect of his duty , and oven intimated that ho was guilty of cowardice . The prince , who , like most llussiau officers , is very irritublQ , would hoar no moro , but said that Adlcrberg being merely tho courier of the Czar , hit , duty waa to deliver his despatches , and recciva the answer ; further , ho had no business in tho camp . To tlu » Adlurborg , who is more of tho courtier than the warrior , answered tranquilly that ho would rather ' * bo a conscientious and faithful courier , tlian u boatcm and rotroating general , "
In Tlio Black Son N Circunistancu Has Ta...
In tlio Black Son n circunistancu has taken pluco extremely disgraceful to tho alllud navies j a ltusaian war-etcunior , tho Vladimir , got out of Wobastopol , ateiuncd to tho Buuphorus , making an nltouipt to capture au English steamer ; destroyed some Turkish
vessels on her way back , and got home unperceived and unchased by either French or English ! It was a bold deed ; and the captain of the Vladimir should be remembered among the heroes of the romance of war .
The French Admiral In The Baltic Has Add...
The French admiral in the Baltic has addressed a very Freuchy proclamation to his sailors . The following is the most salient passage : — " The Russian fleet keeping close at home appears resolved not to accept the combat offered by the fleets of the allies . Before Cronstadt o \ u- work seemed to sink to tho blockade of 500 leagues of const . The Emperor was not willing to allow this to b « so . His Majesty has selected and designated an important . object for oar efforts and our guns . I nm happy in telling you this . The brave General Barngnay d'Hilliers is at hand , with 10 , 000 of our valiant troops . The Emperor sends bis eagles to join our ships , and show the northern regions whtvt the powerful will of France , armed for a noble cause—the right of the weakest , and the liberty of Europe—can do . "
The Constantinople Correspondent Of The ...
The Constantinople correspondent of the Ost Deutsche Post gives a sad account of the Turkish army at Kars , Sarif Pacha , the commander-in-chief , is represented as a . man without intelligence , energy , or the least military knowledge . There are sinister rumours that European officers have been fired at by the irregulars , and of some of them having been publicly massacred .
"Private Telegraphic Advices From Berlin...
" Private telegraphic advices from Berlin , based on authentic inforniation , state that itis the menaced situation of the Crimea and the other maritime provinces of southern Russia , and that alone ,-which has induced the Czar to withdraw his troops from the Principalities . The Russian regiments in Bessarabia and Kherson are to move in all possible haste to the Crimea , while those in Moldavia march to occupy their places . "
Four French Generals Have Died Of Choler...
Four French generals have died of cholera at Gallipoli .
"In Addition To Xady Erroll, Who Remains...
"In addition to Xady Erroll , who remains with her husband at Monastie , the following ladies are at Varna : —Mrs . Carpenter , wife of the Colonel of the Forty-first Regiment ; Mrs . Wr-ottesley , with her husband , the Hon . Lieutenant Wrottesley , E . E . ; Mrs . Galton , Avife of Captain Galton , Fiftieth Regiment ; Mrs . Jubilee , wife of Captain Jubilee , & e , Mrs . Scott , wife of Colonel Scott , of the Guards , remains with her family at Therapia , where there is quite a little colony of English li grass widows , " priucipally attached to officers of the navy . "
The Naib, Sheiu Emit), Brother-In-Law Of...
The Naib , SheiU Emit ) , brother-in-law of Schamyl , reached Constantinople yesterday , per Scheisser , after having conferred at Varna with the authorities and com manders of the auxiliary forces . The Sheik landed at Bakshe-Capon , with a retinue of mountain , warr iors , and thence proceeded directly to the Porte , where he was received with open arms by the Gtrand Vizier and all the great functionaries . The object of this visit ia unknown , but it appears tliat the Caucasus is in a state of the utmost commotion—that it is impossible muck longer to restrain the mountain tribes .
Accounts From Belgium State That, As A P...
Accounts from Belgium state that , as a proof of the conviction of the allied Governments that the wnr witli Russia will not finish this year , contracts have been made at Hamburg nnd other places for the supply of the shipping and troops , during the whole season of 1855 . The King of Sweden , in an interview with General Bnraguay d'Hillicrs , upon being greatly complimented by the lattor , with an expression , ut tho same time , of the sincere desire of the allies to havo ltfs Majesty ' s active co-operation , is statedto > Juvo asked , in reply , whether it was expected tlwfc ho should set his army in . motion agninst Russia , and bear the brunt of any probable check in nw enemy ' s country , w'hen tho allied troops had beoit five months coming to tho scene of action ? Wo nre not told how this reasonable objection waa mot . — Morning Advertiser ( City article ) .
A Benisvot.Unt ]5xpist>Rrion To Tiik Bal...
A Benisvot . unt ] 5 xpist > rrioN to tiik Baltic .- — The Messagcr < ta ia ChvtriU snys : — " Wo are informed that 11 vo Sisters of Charity havo sot oft"for Boulognu to form part of tho expedition to tho Baltic . Thoy are to be placed on board tho hospital ehipn , whora they aro to attend on tho eick . "
Tina Gnrat Sna.Vmo Question Remains In T...
Tina GnRAT SnA . vmo Question remains in this wise—Lord Raglan will issuo no order on thoflubjoet , but the officers smd men of tho first division rniiy weair moustaches , though thoy mutit shave thoir chin * . Brigadier Bcntinclc whh vary anxious to restrict tlio growIh of tho uiountneh . il to a wooIc ' b produce , ufloic Avliluh ho i-ocomniondeil ( dipping with scissoraj but the Guards have got their own way , und the uioustucho Ih to bo allowed to attain tho greatest dovolopmoufc nature pormlta iu ouch case .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 12, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12081854/page/6/
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