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!52 THE LEADER [No. 308, Saturday.
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THE ROMANCE OF "THE TIMES." [Under this ...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Case of Dr. Vatjghan....
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suddenly burst in trpon them , and bo astounded the whole party that at first they did not know how to proceed . At length , however , two attacked the officers , while the other > two escaped from the window , carrying some of the spoil ; but _ eventually all were captured , after a fierce struggle . ' , ——A Stbange Stoby of Adulteby . —A suit of divaro ^ by reason of adultery , has been brought in the Arch « s Court by a Mr . William Tate Hunt . He was married in 1845 , and cohabitation and consummation were pleaded in the usual form . In the year 1850 , an acquaintanceship sprung up between Mr . Hunt and the Hon . Maurice Berkeley Porfcman , third son of Lord Portman , at" that time a youth of seventeen ; and in 1852 , great familiarity waB observable between Mr . Hunt occasionthey
Portman and Mrs . . On one , were together locked and bolted in a room in an hotel , with the blinds down ; after coming out of which , Mr . Portman gave the waiter half-a-crown , and said , " Mum ' s the word , waiter . " On Mrs . Hunt ' part , the adultery was denied ; the consummation of the marriage also was denied ; and a certificate from Drs . Frere and Farre sustained both denials . Mr . Hunt himself was accused of adultery—an accusation which his counsel admitted , but pleaded that he had been driven into vicious acts by his wife ' s infidelity . It was also admitted by Mr . Hunt ' s counsel that , in fact , the marriage had not been consummated . Sir John Dodson therefore ruled that , though there were suspicious circumstances against Mrs . Hunt , the only conclusion the Court could come to was that Mr . Hunt
had , and Mrs . Hunt had not , committed adultery . Mr . Hunt was accordingly dismissed , and a separation was . decreed for Mrs . Hunt . An Irishwoman ' s Freak . — -A young Irishwoman has been charged with being drunk and using disgraceful language in the streets , dressed in men ' s clothes . , It appeared that she had enlisted at "Windsor , in order to join her partner , who is in the I > ragoon Guards in the Crimea . She had pawned all her own clothes . The magistrate sent her to the Houseof Correction , for five days .
The Late Chabo-e of Crttelty to Cows . —James Waterman , the drover who was recently charged at the Marylebone police-office with Cruelty to cows in removing them from their pens while some had only just calved and others were actually in the pains of parturition ^ again appeared on Wednesday for the completion of the case . . ? Professor Spooner , of the Veterinary College , expressed his opinion that the act was OD , e of revolting inhumanity ; and another
veterinary surgeon corroborated this view . For the defence , it was contended that no craelty had been committed , and that in the country it is customary to drivecqwB a considerable distance while in the acb of Calving , under the extraordinary idea that it is good fpr ^ thera 1 . This shocking statement produced a sensation of fcorror in court . Waterman was fined forty ^ hillings , or , a month ' s imprisonment . —Some other cases of cruelty to animals were brought before the court , and the offenders were fined .
A Maw ov the Would . —A young pickpocket named Patrick Collins , who gave evidence , about a year ago , against King , the ex-detective policeman , was charged with stealing purses in the streets from three persons . One of the purses was empty . At the conclusion of the evidence , he observed to the magis-??• % ?® re ? t { ullrme ( fully commit me ) , just let , b look a little at this case . Now , your worship , you are a man of tlie world like me , and I don't know what : you may think about it , but I think it ain't feasible that any man should go for to steal an empty purse . " Mr . Hardwick : « You would noU ^' taL * it had you known it was empty , _ J 5 S ' ve JZl ^ nVthinS sS LlVZ ^^^^^ ' SS Tnopei SSAw' - J ^*^ " 6 me" Mr - Hardwick : "Oh ¦>«*; full justice , you may rely upon it . Committed <* n the three charges . "
Supposed Muiuobb in SiAffFOBrsHjRE . —Th © body of a young man has booa found in the canal near West Bromwioh ) . South StafforaaKu-a . Several woundB , the probable cause of death , were discovered in the throat and ekull . No one is yet in custody ; and the inquest has been adjourned , that the police may male inquiries .
!52 The Leader [No. 308, Saturday.
! 52 THE LEADER [ No . 308 , Saturday .
The Romance Of "The Times." [Under This ...
THE ROMANCE OF " THE TIMES . " [ Under this head , wo reproduce from wools to ¦ wools tho moat remarkable of those mysterious oavortlaomonta which appear every day a . % tho top of tho second column of tho Time *' front jpago . Such materials aro worthy of being preserved In Bomo other form . ] To ^ R . B . —Itia all arranged with your employers , viz ., < l £ fipTr . * family only seek your return . ^*« TO , and save almost broken hearts . —London , rpttw 10 1858 ' •^ SRr f who l « f * l « w relative ' s residence on ^ i | H ^^ y , eyenui K at half-past flvo , after a walk with SSraPS !/ ' earnestly requested to communicate AlSfl ? wff / -S ^ S ^ who are * tho < l « epoafc distress . SJ'M' > roosted l > y his Borrowing jgg & sseaffa wm b ° « - *~ AJS »» . *< Wtea ; to Wu at the post-office where
she posted her first and second , and she will receive a letter , which she is earnestly requested to answer immediately . TO ARCHY . —My ever-beloved husband , I do implore you to come or write to your ever-affectionate but distracted wife . Think of my loneliness . AU remains a secret . A separation would kill your devoted wife . —Frances . Heaven bless you . Pray let me come -to you . J . M . Z . —The advertiser declines being the medium cf communication between persons whose connexion ought wholly to cease . KEWPOET . It is done . P . HOPING this may meet the eye of a tenderly loved and youngest son , he is entreated not to add another day to the anxious suspense of his afflicted mother . —M . D . DEAR W R . —Can you bear the guilt of "breaking your mother ' s heart ? If you are in want of anything let your brother Henry know . You can rely upon his discretion and kindness . —H . M . D .
Miscellaneous. The Case Of Dr. Vatjghan....
MISCELLANEOUS . The Case of Dr . Vatjghan . —The second indictment of the Rev . Dr . Vaughan for making false entries in the registry of the parish of St . Matthew , Brixton , was tried on . Saturday , and terminated , like the first indictment , in the acquittal of the accused . No evidence was offered on the third indictment . On crossexamination , the witnesses Hayden and Maltby—who swore that the Doctor took double fees for the burial of a man who had died in the parish , single fees being entered in the registry , and that the reverend gentleman instructed them to tell a lie in the event of
questions being asked—contradicted themselves in some important particulars ; and their testimony was impugned by that of Dr . Vaughan ' s three daughters , and his maid-servant , who swore that they were within healing of the Doctor when Hayden and Maltby called , and that no such transaction took place . Another suspicious circumstance was that the receipt for the double fees , said to be given to Hayden , was not forthcoming , and Hayden could recollect nothing of what had become Of it . In the course of the evidence for the defence , Mr . Serjeant Wilkins , who appeared for the prosecution , said he should withdraw , as the case appeared to him to be overwhelming in favour of the accused .
EttoRMOTJs Blast at Holyhead Ifew Harbour . — A monster blast , which has required the labour of sbc men in its formation for the last six and a half months , and which required ten tons of powder to explode it , was let off in the quarry belonging to the above-mentionftd wnvlca nrx Woclnaacluy weekj in the presence of the chief engineer and a numerous staff . It is calculated that the quantity of stone loosened by the explosion is no less than 60 , 000 tons . Ramsgate Harbottr . —Captain M ' Hardy , and Commander J , R . Ward , of the Royal Navy , having been appointed by the National Life Boat Institution to inspect the means of saving life from shipwreck at Ramsgate Harbour , have issued a report in which
they state , as the result of a minute survey , greatly facilitated by Captain Martin , the Harbour Master , tiat the means at the disposal of that officer are excellent , and capable of any improvement . They speak in very high , terms of the harbour master , and add : —" Prom a very interesting pamphlet furnished by Captain Martin , published by himself in 1838 , we learn that , during the thirty previous years , a 8 » 25 ? -vesaels , with a tonnage of 3 , 451 , 181 , and of the ^ computed value ( including their cargoes ) of ^ 108 , 928 , 748 ., took refuge in Ramsgate Harbour . We were also informed by Captain Martin that , during the last thirty years , upwards of 30 , 000 vessels hn . ve done so , during which period four vessels only have been totally wrecked when making the harbour . "
Railway Collision . —^ 300 , in addition to £ 50 paid into court , have been awarded by the jury to a commission-agent ; and woollen-seller , who has brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against tho Eastern CouuUeo Railway Company , for serious spinal injuries received during an accident on that line on tbe 8 rd of last November , in consequence of whiob his earnings , which had been from £ 300 to £ 400 > ayear , were reduced to less than £ 1 a week . Allechbd Pebjtjry by the Lord of a Manor Mr . William Padwiok ,. lord of tho manor of Haling , Hantsliabeen summoned
, s to tho Westminster police-office on a charge of having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in an affidavit filed by him in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas , in which affidavit he swore that a certain piece of land alleged to be common was bis private property . An notion had boon brought by Mr , Padwiok against Bom © men for trespass , on this land ; but a vordiot was given in favour of the defendants , on tho plea that tho ground -was public . Mr . Padwiok then applied for , but -was refused , a rule nisi for a now trial ; and it waa on this oooasion that the alleged perjury was committed . The consideration of tho summons was adjourned till Monday next . Health of London .--1 , 151 deaths wovo registered in London during tho week that ended on Saturday
the 9 th of February . The number is below the average , but it is 202 above the number in the previous week . 19 persons—namely , 9 children and 10 adults of 20 to 60 years of age—died of small-pox ; 31 died of scarlatina , 42 of hooping-cough , and 65 of typhus which is now tne reigning epidemic . Of 137 persons who died of consumption , 77 were of the age 20 : 40 and 36 were of the age of 40—60 . 40 persons died of apoplexy , 28 of paralysis , during the week , or 68 in the aggregate ; whereas the deaths from these diseases in the week preceding were 20 from apoplexy and 13 from paralysis . These and other sudden deaths have been frequent , and account for a part of the increase in the mortality . Bronchitis , pneumonia , and asthma were fatal in J 236 cases , many of
them probably terminations or modifications of influenza . 23 deaths from violent causes are recorded 12 by burns and scalds , 2 by hanging , & c ., 1 by suffocation , 2 by drowning , 3 by fractures , 1 by wounds , and 2 by other causes . 570 males and * 581 females died in the week ; 480 were children and young persons under 20 years of age ; 189 were of the age 20—40 ; 206 were 40—60 ; 224 were 60—80 ; and 42 were of the age of 80 and upwards . The oldest person who died in the week was of the age of 93 years . The births of 895 boys and 893 girls , in all 1 , 788 children , were registered in London . In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1846 : —55 , the average number was 1 , 596 . —From the Registrar-OeneraVs Weekly Retwrn .
Health of London in 1855 . —If the population of London has increased since the census of 1851 at the same rate at which it increased during the ten years that preceded it , namely 1 * 97 per cent , annually , the number of inhabitants at the beginning of 1855 was about 2 , 540 , 000 . This population was increased by 84 , 944 children born in the course of the year , and was diminished by 61 , 506 persons removed 'by death ; If the account were not disturbed by immigrants and emigrants , who are ever in motion , the gain to the population would be 23 , 438 . The births exceeded only by 260 those registered in 1854 . The increase is very small . This is perhaps the effect of the high
prices of food ; and of war , which removes married men . from their homes to occupy garrisons and encampments , to man the fleets , or as workmen to furnish the mighty equipments of sea and land . The deaths contrast favourably with those in 1654 , for they were less by more than 12 , 000 tb- * " * in that year of the cholera epidemic . But tb » mortality of 1855 , compared with that of sor » o years unvisited by any serious epidemic , vras not low , the very cold weather of the winter months ( January , February , and March ) Laving swelled the -weekly returns to unusual proportions . In some wfflbks , at that time , the deaths exceeded , in others they fell not much short of 1 , 600 ; whilst in six weeks the mean weekly temperature was below freezing point . In the seventh week of the year , the mean temperature was only 25 ' 4 ° , and in the
week following the deaths rose to 1 , 604 . The mortality in 1855 was at the rate of 24 deaths to 1 , 000 persons living . In the nine years 1847—55 , the proportion varied from 21 to 30 in a thousand . The mortality of 1855 attained its maximum in the fourth week of the year , when the deaths numbered 1 , 630 ; the lowest numbers were 915 ( in the third week of July ) and 870 ( in the second week of October ) . From 25 ° of mean temperature in a week of February to 64 ° in a week of July the range is 39 ° . At one of the thermal extremes 700 persons died in a week more than at the other , —From the Registrar General's Annual Report . [ In the quarterly list of births , marriages , and deaths , last week , we omitted the number of the deaths , which was 97 , 1191 . ot
Mb . Samuel Lqveh . — -On the recommendation Lord Palmerston , the Queen has conferred ft pension of £ 100 per annum on Mr . Samuel Lovor , the popular Irish novelist and song writer . State of Trade . —The reports of the manufacturing trade of the country for the week ending last Saturday show continued steadiness . At Manchester , although the markets have been without animation , the transactions have been on an average scale , and . prices are fairly maintained . The Birmingham advices describe increasing firmness in the iron trade , and state that , although caution ia exorcised with respect to operations for America , the orders from
that side indicate no apprehension of political difficulties . In the general occupations of the place , thoro has been good employment . Contracts for muskots and munitions of war continue to be marfo *> y tho Government , without regard to tho jyoaco negotiations ; and the demand for Australia is better than at . any time sinoq tho late reaction . At Nottingham , tho extent of business has been satisfactory , although , ft » respects hosiery , tho export has not been equal to tho home demand . In . the woollen districts thoro is a disposition to an increase of conildonoo , and tho Irish linoa markets give continued signs of Uoivlthy progress . —Times .
Ckystal Palace —The directors have olootod Mr . James Ferguaaon , F . R . A . S ., & c , to the offlco of general manager of the Crystal Palace . Mr . Ferguson ih already well known to tho public by hiH variouH
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 16, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16021856/page/8/
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