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Pecbiebeik 16, 1854.] T3;HeE; ODEADiE.IL...
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AGKETNArGKEEN MAEEIAGE. An amusing case ...
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XMSATH OT? LORD FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE. ...
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AN ARISTOCRATIC INSOLVENT. Mr. IUgiuri> ...
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CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A MERCHANT. Ai ...
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ADVERTISING EXTRAORDINARY. As the; adver...
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A SUEZ SlirP CANAL. Tn« Glasgow Commonwe...
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Ouk Civilisation. Savage Assault.—A Ruff...
flown : He then went to close the shop , and a 8 he was entering to fetch one of the shutters , she pulled down a two-pound weight , which was fixed to a rope near the door , and struck Irim on the top of the head with it . He immediately fell insensible , and ' a doctor- was sent for . Rayson produced a eerfcifldate from the- surgeon who attended him , setting forth that the wound was of a > serious nature , and had it been inflicted an inch lower it must have proved fatal . In defence it was said that Kayson had pointed a poker at his wife , but that ¦ was proved to have been done on provocation .
. DOTTBLE MOTRDERIN WvABREN-STBEET * FlTZBOY * square . —It will be remembered by many that some time since a Frenchman , named Emanuel Barthelemy , was imprisoned for two months for having killed a man , named Cournet , in a duel . He has recently made himself more notorious by committing two murders in Warren-street . The first -victim was MCf . Moore , , a SQda ? water-manufacturer ; the second tictitu . was , Mr . Collard , who lived next door . He tvas . described ' as being a remarkably fine man , who had "been , formerly a soldier and then a policeman . Tfiese-two deaths are all for which" he can be held legally :, responsible—but he is morally guilty of the death of Mis . Collard , who has since died through grief at her husband ' s fate .
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Agketnargkeen Maeeiage. An Amusing Case ...
AGKETNArGKEEN MAEEIAGE . An amusing case has appeared before the magistrates at Carlisle . Jane Howe was married at Grefcna , in Nbvemher , to John Orre , but the marriage was not " consummated , " and he refused to support her . She then made application to the workhouse , not so much for relief , as to compel a strmrnons against Ofie , thereby obtaining a decision frbm a bench of magistrates respecting the validity of her
marriage . Coaiplainant stated that she was servant to her aunt , \ rho kept the Jolly Butcher , at Carlisle . Defendant asked her to go to Gretna , and she started with him on the night of Tuesday , the 7 th lilt . M Castlin and Leach , friends of Orre , went with them . They were married , but the marriage had never been ^ consummated . She did not see Orre till the Saturday-afterwards . Subsequently he refused to" support her ;
Mr . Hough , for the defendant , said that it was no marriage , because Orre was too drank to enter into a contract . Various witnesses were called , and from their evidence it was doubtless a conspiracy to marry Mr . ' Orre . They stated that he was in such a state Of drunkenness' ihxmrediately befoTe and after the marriage 1 as to be quite incapable of knowing what he w * s about . One described him as being mad , a second crazy , and a third " regularly blue'd . " It wars also stated that M'Castlin had taken a ijian dressed up in female clothing to the defendant ' s house' on the previous evening , with the intention of malting a fool of him . THe defendant ' s counsel facetiously recommended theplaintiflTttf try the Ecclesiastical Courts . Tne magistrates' decided that the case did not cbWCeWthern' ( the magistrates ) in any way , and dismissed it .
Xmsath Ot? Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. ...
XMSATH OT ? LORD FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE . THfi'Gtfo & esiiys : — " We sincerely rogret to announce the death of Lord Frederick Fitzclarencc , G . C . H ., Commander-in-Cluef at Bombay , and Colonel of the 36 th Regiment . His lordship was second son of King William the Fourth iind Mrs . Jordan ; , was . bom inl 709 , and in 1821 married Lady Augusta Boyle , daughter of the Earl of Glasgow . Lord Frederick * entered the army in 1814 , and at his death hold tho rank of Licutenant-Goneral . Although ho . had never Been active service , Lord Frederick Fitzclaronco always took a very warm interest in his profession , and tho benefita-of his military administration of tho Portsmouth district and of tho Bombay Presidency have been sensibly felt by those under liis command . " Without wishing to make any har » li remarks against tho subject ' of tho above , wo must take this Opportunity of expressing our disapprobation of tho Bystemr-which gives ¦ such very high offices on such very slight clnims .- Wetrust there is an end of tho ennoblement of royal bastards .
An Aristocratic Insolvent. Mr. Iugiuri> ...
AN ARISTOCRATIC INSOLVENT . Mr . IUgiuri > AxiauSTue Betiiku ., son of tho Solicitor-General , has petitioned tho Dublin Insolvent Court . The disclosures show that betting lias principally , caused tho application . Mfr ; PnreeH ^ forMin opposing creditor , said : " Tllo bHlauce-Hhbot in one of tho most extraordinary fhlngS'of tho kind over exhibited , ami it dinplayod « course of tho most recklosa and extravagant conduct
and . which any-parson in the garb of a gentleman ought to be ashamed , to pursue . The amount of the balancesheet was 12 , 168 Z . ; but tho insolvent alleges that he only received value for about half that sum , and there was no doubt- that , when tha entire case was-heard , it Wduld . be found to come within , tbje 68 th'section of the act . If . tie ; Couxt looked to the debtor side of the sheet , it would be .: seen what tb . e insolvent was possessed of when he , contracted , these , debts , 300 L a-year from ; his father ; gifts ,- 600 ? . $ 100 ? . a ~» year by his wife ; and . from his practice -at ; the bar . h & jnadev . 1601 . Then , on the other side , he puts , dowa . his , expenses : !—Kent for two yearsaiwl a half ^ 350 i j taxes . far- horses .-and seivrants , 351 . ; servants' wageS 5 ™ 3 , 0 £ &; other household expenses , 3001 . ; wearing . apparel , 2 L 0 L ; law . costs , 200 / . ; stabling
and keep of . horses , 200 L ; paid during , the . same period for interest , bonuses far loans ,. discounts , and . expenses for .. warrants of attorney , 1000 ? . ; lost .. in betting-offices and . on the turfj" 4 Q 0 Gi ; last , by the sale of horses , 35 ? . ; lost on Australian . gold , miriing t shares , 125 ? . And . then he . ascrihes ^ the , caus es of his , present ins olvency to the large amount , of . interest , paid .. by ^ him . for money , to . his being ^ frequently , sued .,. to execution and compelled to compromise , to his losses ; oh . the turf-and in London betting-houses , and to , his being compelled by the state of his circumstances to abandon his position at the English bar . So that on the very face of his schedule he suggests that he incurred all these debts to enable him to carry on betting in London ganiing-houses and on the turf . There was another item to which he should allude . It was for
the sum of 1100 ? ., and . he says m the observation attached to that entry— - " The amount of my promissory note ma . de-by-me in favour of this creditor , for value given to me , 100 ? . being the only sum I ever received . " They had . here a gentleman allowing every species of imposition to be practised upon him by these London money-leaders , and did not those- items prove that the insolvent was so reckless that he would , have signed a bill for-100-07 . in order to obtain possession of a 5 ? . note ? Altogether there were 84 r creditors described in . the balance-sheet , no property was returned , and he trusted that this English gentleman would learn' to > his cost that Irish courts of justice were Tiot . to be trifled with . " In cross-examination the insolvent said .:
" In September , 1853 * he was led to believe that hisi father j would make some arrangement relative to thei payment of his debts . Did not believe he ? would pay 11 , 000 ? . for him , but kney he had . offered to pay 3000 ? . Purchased a diamond bracelet from Byfiis * September , 1853 , for 901 ; paid Mm 30 ? . in cash , and . gave six bills for the remainder . Purchased it for the purpose of presenting it to a lady . Pledged it for 55 ? . in a few days after he bought it . Considered when his father paid his debts once he would do the same thing again . If his creditors had taken 10 s . in the pound , thinks they would hare been paid . His' father paid his tradesmen ' s bills . " The Counsel for Mr , Bebhell then made an elaborate speech ^ showing that the insolvent was more sinned upon than sinning .
The Commissioner seemed to agree with this view , and thought that the creditors relied on the" wealth and position of the insolvent's father . At a subsequent examination , in giving judgment , he said" Tho opposition was confined to two creditors . Upon looking ovor the schedule ho perceived that there ' was not upon the face of it a single trade debt , and that the whole of tho insolvent ' s liabilities had been incurred through an unfortunate propensity which he had for gambling- and speculations upon the turf . He could not help remarking that such it reckless course as had been pursued by the insolvent was extremely disgraceful , and he trusted that the humiliating position in which ho was
now placed would cause him daring the remainder of his life to pursue a very different course . The opposition , however , was-confined to two creditors , , neither of -whom appeared in court with clean hands . As regarded Mr . Morphin , it was ^ orfcctly apparent that he made advances of money to tho insolvent for the express purpose of enabling him to hot upon horses ; at least that charge was alleged against him , and as he had not appeared and denied tho statement , 3 i © had no right to ask tohavo the insolvent punished . Tho second opposing creditor was a Mr . Byfus , whom his counsel had represented to bo a respectable jawellcr , but "who had turned out to bo a Jew , who carried on his business by travelling from race-course to ruoe-couwe , betting upon horsoe , ami , at tho same time , endeavouring to soil his merchandise to
tho unwary . Ho was likoviHe perfectly acquainted with tho condition and prospects of tho insolvent , and ho bad not come over horo to dony that such ¦ wan tho case . Had ho been a respectable jowellor , or had tho insolvent been opposed by men holding any honest position in nocioty , tho judgment of the court would bo very different , nr » d ho' ( tho Commissioner ) -would have marked bis raproLtntion of such reokless extravagance and misconduct , liy imposing a worious rainnnd ; hut whon ho coiiHidored how tlioHO debts wore contracted , ami Iho character of tho persona to whom , the insolvent wan liable , ho could nut help oonnidoriiifr that tho creditors were cntitlod to no consideration 1 at , tho l » andn of l . hu court , and thorcforc ho would granttho insolvent a IVoo discharge . "
Charge Of Felony Against A Merchant. Ai ...
CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A MERCHANT . Ai Bristol , considerable sensation has been-produced by the arrest of Mr . John Gilbert , jun ., an expensive oil merchant , on a charge of having coa- > spired with certain workmen in the employ of Messrs- Ayres and Co ., of Temple Gate Oil works , to steal sundry parcels of oil , the property of that £ rttir It appears that circumstances which came to the knowledge of Messrs . Ayres caused them to give three of their men . intocustodyforstealing oil . Oneof the men then made statements involving Mr . Gilbert , , who ,. it was represented ,, had .. personally , and by his foreman , dealt with the prosecutor ' s oil cooper for
oils stolen from his master ' s premises , paying only half the value . It was stated also that on one cask being , purchased of the Messrs . Ayres > in the regular way by defendant ,. there was an arrangemeftt between the latter and the oil cooper that' three casks should be delivered , and this had been done several ; times . Davey , the prisoner ' s foreman , has absconded , but a junior clerk in-Mr . Gilbert ' s warehouse deposed at the examination before the magistrates to having been sent by bis master to purchase oil of Messrs . Ayres' oil cooperat 7 s . the
four-and-, a-half gallon can . The witness further deposed- that Mr . Gilbert wrote a letter and gave it to him to post , addressed to Davey , at Liverpool , in which he professed to upbraid Davey for having brought suspicion upon him by being mixed up with Messrs . Ayres' jobbery , and in which , he asked him to confide to him what he had really done . The witness also stated that as late as Tuesday Messrs . Ayres' can , in which , much of the oil had been stolen , was in Mr . Gilbert's ! warehouse , and that that gentleman had directed witness to conceal it on the roof , which he
did , Officers have started in search of Davey , and Mr Gilbert has been remanded tilL Monday next .
Advertising Extraordinary. As The; Adver...
ADVERTISING EXTRAORDINARY . As the ; advertisement duty no longer sins against the strength-of journalism , we have no hesitation-ia giving additional publicity to the following wail-of a bereaved imbecile : — rpp :. THE EAJftLX WlI > OWED . —Owing to JL recent family differences , a gentleman of charact ' er and education , aged 28 , and of a constutition unimpaii < ed » who has retired , VLOtwittioxit honour , from . H . M . S . in , quest o » f an Alliance more consonant with his tastes , would fain devote his , at present , unavailing energies to lighten the sorrows and smooth the PatL of One who has been thus Bereaved-The locality of residence is comparatively immaterial , but pecuniary circumstances should of course bo proportioned to his own , as lio will be in a position to devote' an income of SOOZ . per aim . ; on such points , however , tho saprednessof Woman's Grief renders , it is felt , further allusion at tho present moment , unbecoming . This gentleman , whoso J \ amo and Family command Distinction , and whose appearance has ever been , regarded amongst . his ( perhaps over-partial ) Mends as of a highly prepossessing charaotor , is a , man of tho most Delicate sense of ^ onour and of principles eminently Religious : the Candid inquirer need not , therefore , hesitate tor a moment * in dropping- an early and Sufficiently exi ) licit " billot" to the Hon . 11- h . B . AI— -c , JO , Wentwor ' th-placo , Dublin . N . B . —A photographic likeness will bo sent if required .-It is trusted that the Above will not be Tosponucd to by any display of heartloss levity ,
If we were only a widow we should certainly obtain a portrait of this Iliburuian Honourable . We are far less inclined to comply with the wishes of the following advertiser , who , like " Willildnd , " is cursed with a cruel payxient : "npHE Son of n Dissenting Minister , who wishes JL to devofco himself to God's service , in tho Ministry of tho Chur & h , can receive no assisttuico from his father for tho purpose of forwwding his education . Perhaps some incraber of tho Churoh would lend him for a few yours what money ho might require . TUo highos ); roforoncos can bo Klvon . lMunoo nddroHS J . 1 » . 1 » ., " Qiiardlan" OiUce , IS , Boa \ tforfc-buihiings , Strand . —The Guardian .
A Suez Slirp Canal. Tn« Glasgow Commonwe...
A SUEZ SlirP CANAL . Tn « Glasgow Commonwealth gives some interesting information respecting the old project of a ship canal across Suez : — " Captain Alton , a well-known topographer , has proposed abandoning tho canal across tho Isthmus of Suez , « nd joining tha sea » by tho formation of a vast oalt-¦ nrntor laleo in tho valley of tho Jordan . The Jordan runs from tho ngrth to tho south of Pulostino , and flaws into tho Dead Boa . Its course from the Dca < l Sea to the eastern arm of tho Ked Sea in supported to have been ohecked hy tho convulsion that toolt places at S «« loxn 4 in < l
Gomorrah . " It in proposed to introduce water along this ¦ whole line , and to join it , nenr the noa of ( Julileo , to the Mediterranean by u nlii | M'aiml , TUo bust npot for thifi oanaji would bo imuimliatoly north of Mount CHrmol . Hero tho vulloy of ( he Kinhou "'»« « 1 > f «" ' - tho . sea thronfjfh tho plain ot I ' . mlraolon ; nnd , at thu water-tthed , Jezrcul in met l » . v » hu \ 'allny of Jozrcul , which run . Htraight to the . loidan . Tho two valloyu form mi easy niodo of ; ic ( 't'NH from tho oiw place to the othur-, a « u Uttifl « caniil uiiglit l > u nmdo through which tho MeuiUinwoan luiglit , flow of itrt own nccond to till the . lorduu valley . Tho loriKlb of the canal fvom Llaifa-to lluthahixu wovjUI
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 16, 1854, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16121854/page/11/
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