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244 THE LEADEB. [S^URgA^
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MUTINY ON BOARD THE "QUEEN OF THE WEST,"...
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MURDERS AND ATROCITIES. Kaeabeboo, tho I...
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STONE-THROWING AT TRAINS. Wii/liam Hat a...
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"MAY I MARRY MY AUNT ?" A jovna man appl...
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NEW WAY TO GET A HUSBAND. A vekt singula...
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Steam Communication With India And Austr...
Fourth Line . —From Suez to Calcutta and Hongkong and back , monthly , calling at Aden and IW-de-Galle , Whence a steamer is to proceed by Madras to Calcutta , and another by Penang to Singapore and Hongkong . Fifth Line . —From Singapore to Sydney and back , every alternate month , calling both way s at Batavia , Swan River , or King George ' s Sound , Adelaide , and Port Phillip . A perfect and unbroken chain of bi-monthly mailpackets , to and from Egypt , India , and China , will be established immediately the new contract shall come into operation . Besides this , the semi-monthly mail-packet service between Malta and Marseilles , at present performed by steamers belonging to the Royal navy , will be accomplished by the contractors , and the English naval packets may , in consequence , be withdrawn from that station .
244 The Leadeb. [S^Urga^
244 THE LEADEB . [ S ^ URgA ^
Mutiny On Board The "Queen Of The West,"...
MUTINY ON BOARD THE " QUEEN OF THE WEST , " LIVERPOOL . The Queen of the West , packet ship , cleared out of "Wellington Dock , Liverpool , on Saturday afternoon , bound for New York , and lay on the Cheshire side of the river . The Captain , Mors by name , went on board , and G-eorge Freeman , one of the crew , complained that the crew was shorthanded , there being only twenty-six seamen instead of thirty , Which he declared to be the proper complement . At last they came to high words , and the Captain , seizing Freeman by the breast , told him to be quiet , and do his duty . Freeman struck the Captain , who was knocked down and severely handled by the crew , armed with marlin-spikes and belaying-pins . Mr . Risk , the mate , attacked the crew with a cutlass , and the Captain aimed a revolver at one of the men , which snapped , however , without exploding . He then got another cutlass , and aided by the mate , drove the crew below , after a tough encounter , in which many of them were sadly gashed . Some of the crew took part with the Captain , and the ringleaders were put in irons , while one , Downs , was flogged . The police having been informed , a posse of officers were sent on board , and the mutinous crew , twelve in number , were taken on shore to Liverpool , accompanied by Captain Mors and the mate . Most of them were slashed about the head and face in a dreadful way , one of them had his shoulder deeply cut , and one had his hand nearly cut off . Three men were taken to the hospital , the rest were sent to Birkenhead , as the affray took place on the Cheshire side of the river . most of
The prisoners , ten young athletic men ^ them Americans , were brought before Sir Edward Cust and a bench of magistrates , at Birkenhead , _ on Monday . Captain Mors , and Mr . Risk , the mate , gave their evidence , and in cross-examination by Mr . Aspinall , who appeared for the sailors , the Captain admitted that he 3 iad twice been before the magistrates in New York , and once in England , for ill-treating passengers and seamen , but he declared" that oh the last occasion he was ei honourably
cleared . " Mr . Kelly , surgeon , deposed to having attended on Captain Mors , who had received severe wounds on the top of the head ; the skull was laid bare , and he had lost much blood . Mr . Aspinall asked the bench to send the matter for trial at the assizes , and he called several witnesses , who stated that the " row" commenced by the Captain striking Freeman ; that Freeman remonstrated , when he was roughly collared ; that the men interposed to protect him , and that the officers thereupon commenced the attack .
Tho magistrates refused to send the case before a jury , and Freeman was ordered to pay 5 Z ., or be imprisoned two months ; Jack , Trayner , and Fowler , 31 ., or six weeks ; and tho others to pay tho expenses , or 14 days' confinement . A charge , made by Mr . Aspinall against tho Captain for attempting to shoot one of tho crew was not entertained . The two men at tho infirmary are progressing favourably , but one of them is not yet pronounced out of danger .
Murders And Atrocities. Kaeabeboo, Tho I...
MURDERS AND ATROCITIES . Kaeabeboo , tho Italian , who murdered his uncle near Banbury , will suffer death at Oxford , on tho 22 nd inst ., and the wretched woman , Pinckard , who was condemned at Northampton , for strangling her mother-in-law , will undergo tho sentence on tho 19 th inst . Tho day for tho execution of John Eyres and John Koniish , who wero convicted at Winchester for drowning a man , namod John Sofft , whom they had previously made drunk at Romsoy , has not as yet boon fixed . Thomas Phillips and Margaret Morgan , of Devynnock , Brecknockshire , are charged with having thrown a living child to a sow , which killed it , and dovourod part of it ; they wore brought up at tho Shirohall , Brecon , on Saturday last , before a full bench of magistrates , and tho examination of witnesses lasted for six hours . Thoro is no doubt that they will bo fully committed for trial . Arthur Tovraeend , a painter , was tried at Worcester , on Saturday last , for tho murdor of David Bandford , at Shipston-on-Stour . A disputo between Sandford and Townsond , at ft public-house , led to violont language and threats , and a ohallongo from Sandford to fight , any morning that tho other liked . A fight ensiled , and Townsond got ting tho worst of it , drow a clasp knifo , and Btabbod his antagonist , who died in a fow liours Ho was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . On tho oamo day , and beforo tho same judgo , Peter Pholton and John Brogan , labourers , woro trioa for wounding Sarah Smith ,
with intont to murdor hor . Mrs . Smith , with her husband , keeps tho toll-gaip at Holt-bridgo , Omborsloy , on tho govern . Soon aftor midnight ; , on tho 10 th of September lost , tho very day she had given birth to a child , who was slooping with Martha Clarke , a nurso , . when hearing a < jry of " Gate ! " Mrs . Clarko wont to tho . door . A voice paid , " Give mo n light' - " Tho nurso turned to got a box of matches , when Pholton and Brogan walked in , and Brogan immediately attacked Mrs . Smith , who was in bod , with Homo heavy woapon , and broke hor arm . Pholton thon repeatedly struck Mrs . Clarko , tho nurHo , in tho most Bftvago xnaunor , but sho at last ; wrested tho Htick from Iiis hand , and rushed down to tho room where Mrs . Smith ' u husband was sleeping , below the level of the rood . Beforo Mr . Smith got up stairs tho men had gono ;
after still further ill-using his wife . Neither of the prisoners were taken until a long time after the occurrence . Brogan was taken in Herefordshire , on a charge of robbery . No motive was shown for the commission of the offence . Phelton once said , in conversation with the officers , " We were both' drunk , but it served her right , " but would explain himself no further . They were both found guilty , and sentenced to transportation for life . Mary Hodgson , aged thirty-one , was indicted , at York ^ on Monday , for having endeavoured to conceal the birth pf a child , ' by secretly burning the body ; and Richard Jaques , seventy-six years old , (!) for aiding and abetting her , Jaques , who was a miner at Arncliffe , near Skipton , was the father of the child ; Mary Hodgson lived with him as his housekeeper , and was of weak intellect . ^ They were both found guilty , and Mr . Justice Cresswell sentenced the old man to a year ' s imprisonment , and the woman to three months . Jaques was removed protesting his
innocence . , , n . e John Phelan , a medical student , about thirty years ot age , and son of a respectable resident at Cashel , was tried at the Clonmel Assizes , for having , on the 25 th of July , 1850 , incited Alice Minehan to murder an infant child , named John Phelan , and another indictment awaited him for procuring the same woman to murder another infant , named Mary Phelan . Alice Minehan was examined . She is a young woman , Of vulgar appearance , dark , coarse hair , red face , mean and pinched visage , but not marked with any peculiar character .- She deposed that a man , named Diggan , had first spoken to her on behalf of Phelan , who was the father of the children ,. askthem off
ing her to take them to the poor-house , and pass as the children of her Bister , who was married to a soldier , and had gone to foreign parts . Afterwards , Phelan spoke to her , and she agreed to make away with them , as he was afraid " they would be brought home ts him . " He promised her money . The children were twins , and about two months old . She took the girl first , one morning , at break of day , and took it five miles from Cashel , to a ruined house , where she covered it with thatch . The child was then alive . The next day she took the boy about three miles from the town , to a sand-pit , and put a sod of earth over it . She agreed to murder them , because the devil tempted her . The following answers were elicited on
cross-examination : — Did the child scream when you put it under the thatch ? - —It did not , for it was sleeping in my arms . ( Sensation . ) . . ¦ . And when you saw the child sleeping in your arms , and when the prisoner was not jthere to influence you , you did not desist frOm your hellish purpose ?—I did not . And that same evening you went back again to Diggan ' s , and looked upon the other victim that you were to take out and murder in . the morning ?—I did . When you covered the second child with thejsods , where were the sods obtained ?—They were ready cut . How large was it ?—Larger than the seat of the chair . Did that child cry?—I did not hear it . It was covered too well to cry . ( A thrill of horror pervaded the court . ) After the examination of other witnesses , the case for the Crown closed .
Mr . Meaghor addressed the jury for Phelan , and submitted that the case was one depending solely upon the evidence of a prostitute and a murderess , and could any man for a moment rely upon a word she uttered ?—No witnesses were called ? or the defence . The jury brought in a verdict of Not Guilty , and John Phelan was discharged .
Stone-Throwing At Trains. Wii/Liam Hat A...
STONE-THROWING AT TRAINS . Wii / liam Hat and John Whitnell , two country lads of 13 and 12 , were tvicd beforo Mr . Serjeant Adams , at the Guildhall , Westminster , on Monday , for casting stones at a railway carriage used on tho London and North-Western Railway . Charles Skelton said- — "I reside at Oxford . I am a guard on tho London and North-Western Railway . As tho train was proceeding between Sudbury and Harrow on Wednesday , the 25 th ult ., I saw tho prisoners and another lad in a field adjoining the lino , and each of tho prisoners threw a stone at tho carriages . One of the stones would have struck mo if I had not gone under the covered part of a van . Tho stono struck tho carriago and bounded off . It was the- prisoner Whitnoll throw the stono that would have struck mo . " James Thomas Cooper , police sergeant , 0 T , stated that when tho prisoners woro brought to tho station-house at Harrow , tho prisonor Whitnoll said , " I throw a stono , but tho train had passed ; " and Hay said , "Wo wore only throwing at tjio tolograph wires . ' Hay . — " I did not throw at tho train at all ; I throw at a bird " on tho other side of tho railway . " Whitnoll . — " I was throwing at tho tolograph . " Tho jury returned a verdict of Guilty , with a recommendation to mercy . Tho Judgo . — " You soo , gontlemon , it will not do to allow boys to throw stones in thin way ; but such a punish mont must be gjvon as will dolor other children from doing tho namo thing . I think a little flogging , perhaps , will bo
tho best thing . " Mr . Borcsford , superintendent of tho railway , said that . thoro had boon so much utono-throwing on tho lino , that although they did not wish to prosH " tho matter sovoroly ' tho priHonom , yet tho Company wanted to know what tho law really was on tho subject . ' Tho Judgo thon referred to tho Act , and obsorvod that unfortunately it did not givo him tho power to order ilogf ' ing , Thoso boys did not know tho mischief that might lave happened . Thoy only thought it ( Efi * oat fun to throw stones , but it might have cost several livos . If thoy had boon grown-up mon , ho certainly should havo impriHonod thorn for two yoars . Ho hoped tho sentence ho wan about to pass would prevent other boys from playing suuh tricks . Although they escaped so easily , if this did not put a stop to it . ho should , bo moro eovoro anothor . timo . He th . on
sentenced them to one months imprisonment and hard labour , and directed that they should be kept apart from the other felons .
"May I Marry My Aunt ?" A Jovna Man Appl...
" MAY I MARRY MY AUNT ?" A jovna man applied to Mr . Come , at Clerkeawell Police Court , on Wednesday , and coplly said : Please your worship , I wish to know whether it is lawful for a man to marry his aunt P ( A laughv ) > " _ . . Mr Cbrrie ( smilurg ) : It is a most extraordinary ques . tion . Have you married your aunt ? Applicant : Yes " my mother ' s sister . ( Laughter . ) ' Mr . Corrie : How old are you ? Applicant : Nineteen . Mr . Corrie : A ^ nd what age is your wife ? Applicant-Twenty . Mr . Corrie said that such a marriage was certainly illegal according to the Scriptures , and he referred to Le > viticus and the Common Prayer Book . The aunt-wife , a good-looking young woman , here said : He is a fool ; I am willing to dp everything to make him comfortable . Applicant : I can't live with her , she has got such a bad temper . Aunt : If the marriage is illegal , and he leaves me , is he not bound to support me ? . Mr . Gorrie : Oh , no . Aunt : Then can he marry again ? Mr . Corrie : Yes . Aunt : And can I do so ? Mr . Corrie : Yes . Aunt : Oh ! then that ' s all right . ( Laughter . ) Applicant : I'll take good care I'll not get married again ; I have had enough of it for the last six months . ( Loud laughter . ) The applicant then left the court , followed b y his auntwife , who continued abusing her nephew until they got out of sight .
New Way To Get A Husband. A Vekt Singula...
NEW WAY TO GET A HUSBAND . A vekt singular case of swindling , says GaUgnani ' s Messenger , has for some time past occupied the good people of Chartres ; and it came to denouement four days ago by the trial of the heroine and her mother , as swindlers , by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of that city . The facts were these—Leonie Lehoux . daughter of tho driver of the diligence which plies between Chartres and Dreux , conceived ini November lost the ambition to become a heroine of romance , though she possesses-none of the beauty or graces which are generally supposed to be necessary for the part . In execution of the design Which she hadjsvrmod , sheborrowed a sum of—lOOf . from a fishwoman named Vire , for , she said , a lady ofJiigh rank , named Raymond , who had taken her-ander her protection . The money not having been paid , Madame Vire went to Leonie ' s mother . At first the mother did not know what was meant , but Leonie produced a letter purporting to come from the Bishop of Chartres , and stating that he intended to marry Leonie to a young man of good family , to give her father and mother 20 , 000 f . a-year , and to givo Leonie herself a fortune of 100 , 000 f . All this the mother appeared devoutly to believe , and she made her husband believe it too . Tho latter accordingly made no hesitation in paying Madame Viro the lOOf . Tho Bishop in his letter recommended that his benevolent intentions to the girl should bo
kept a secret for the present . But the father , in tho pndo of his heart , could not refrain from talking of it to some rather wealthy farmers , named Brunet , where ho was aeenstomed to stop to change horses . Brunet ' s son , a young man , thought that a fortune of 100 , 000 f . was a very tempting thing , and ho asked whether Leonie was really to bo married to tho Bishop ' s proteq 6—hinting that if she were not , he would have no objection to tako her himself . Hut tho father , though willing enoug h to accept liim as a eonin-law , assured him that there was no hope . Ho suowca
the young man the Bishop ' s letter ; and tho latter coum not help remarking that it was couched in ; rathor strango languago , as it began , " Dear Madamo , — I tho . Lorn Bishop of Chartros , Monseignour Clausol do Montms , write those lines to you to produce an effect on your heart , " and as moreover thoro were sundry faults ot spoiling . But the father sagoly answered , that when a bisliop was 80 years of ago ho was at liborty to write strangely , and to spoil badly ; and this profound observation roniovcu all tho scruples of tho young man . About a month later , anothor letter arrived from tho Bishop ; it tola tho \ ahoux that they should live , with him in hie palace alter ino marriage of liis beloved Leonio , and that ho had fllron "/ received tho first yeaVs rente of 20 , 000 f . for thorn , though ho could not sond it for a fow days , as ho was slim tot money . Ho directed that a now bonnet and a mull hiiouiu bo bought for Leonio , and a cravat for himself . UM intention was , ho said , to spend OO . pOOf . for wedding
gaimonts and jewels for hor , and to increase Hor V , ' , \ fortuno from 100 , 00 () f . to 4 , 00 , 0001 ' , H « also promised ^ I m when Honry V . should bo restored to tho throno , ho worn mako hor " Regent of tho Court , " and would coiiior uw on her parents . Dazzled by his approaching , tf <> 0 ( 110 }' ¦ ' . ' Lohoux , tho father , resigned tho post of dih gonc « Mim «» i and took spocial delight in talking to tradesmen " « neighbours of his own and his daughter ' s future pro » wi »' It was not without groat envy that , tho humblo JiM-n «» and acquaintances of tho fqmily hoard ol . tJioir «*¦¦ ordinary forluna . ; and whom «> o < irafl ? l l 1 V Miuloit too , thoy woro naturally dipposod to givo croihli . j * moinollo L ' ponio and hor mother went to Dr « ux , wlwio u ^ not only purchased tho bonnot , tho muff , and tno "' . for tho Bishop , but a quantity of fino drosses and coh y articles , for nono of winch thoy paid . Thoy ^ "P . ^ iX "; sorvant to wait on thorn , andpurohasodhimagoUl-ia ' i' ^ ., and Miidomoisallo Loonio indulgod horsolf witli a ^ Aftor a whilo anothor letter arrived from tho ¦»""'"{ ' j not forth that aa tho husband ho had dontuiod for J « attempted to assassinate him , ho was dotornnnou i » should not have her , and ho charged her P *™™ " JJ , 0 » themflolyea a young man wUq would wUtO h ° r Jiftppy *
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1852, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13031852/page/8/
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