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August 19, 1854.] THE LEADER. 773 -—» ¦ ...
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A man named Henry Shoaklady lived with h...
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A letter froth NenagUfTipperary) says :^...
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A tragic romance of the kitchen has been...
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This week a caBo, involving groat hardsh...
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A woman, Sarah Newton, has been committe...
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A tailor, slight and ''seedy," has been ...
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NAPOLEON-DAY. The 15 th of August was ce...
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Consjdorublo Constornstion Has Boon Caus...
min and could scarcely breathe . Not fewer than sixteen live cats and three live dogs were in the place , whilst the skins and skeletons of a great number of other cats and dogs were found , either sticking to the floor or piled up in different parts of the wretched hovel . Dr . Dodci having temporarily attended to the woman , she was removed ^ to Lambeth Workhouse ; but she is in such a reduced condition , that but little hopes are entertained of her recovery . —Morning Advertiser .
August 19, 1854.] The Leader. 773 -—» ¦ ...
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A Man Named Henry Shoaklady Lived With H...
A man named Henry Shoaklady lived with his brotherin-law , Henry Mercer , a farmer , of Kirby Hill . They were always on the best terms , unless when Mercer drank , when lie became violent and quarrelled with Shocklady . On the day in question , and just after his wife ' s confinement , Mercer jdrank excessively , and under the influence of drunkenness lurried out of the Louse , armed with a heavy fork , towards a gate upon whicli Shocklady was sitting , the latter ' s sister following Mercer , and begging of him to return- Martha " Webster , the sister , seeing that Mercer was making for her brother , called out to him to make off , and asked Mercer if lie was going to kill her brother . Without giving an answer
lie pursued her brother , who ran off , and , coming up with him , dealt him such a blow on the head with the dung fork that he felled him to the earth , when he twice again struck him . The poor fellow never spoke , and after a"few'heavy sighs expired . Mr , Woods , surgeon , opened the body , and found a clean cut two and a halt inches long at the left side of the head , and another wound an inch long below the left ear , besides a severe wound on the shoulder . The skull was fractured to the length of two and a half inches , whicli produced congestion and infusion into the brain that caused death . The _ cor oner's jury returned a verdict of ' Wilful inurder' against Henry Mercer , who was accordingly committed to gaol for trial .
A Letter Froth Nenaguftipperary) Says :^...
A letter froth NenagUfTipperary ) says : ^ - ** A young man ; Denis Mullpwney , from Augliavalia , who was waylaid in the middle of tlie noonday in Silver-street , while going home from the fair of this town on the 1 st of August , died this morning , in great agony , of tiewoundshe got from the hands of his cowardly and brutal assailants . It is stated that no fewer than seven . persons -were engaged in this outrage . They were drinking , it appears , at a public house in Silver-street , where they lay in wait for their unsuspecting victim , till he rode by on his horse , when they rushed out and attacked bini . They knocked him off the saddle , inflicted a number of wounds on his neck , back , and head . Then they made oft ; but one of the ruffians , more \ than the cest
sayage j came back and with a large stone drove in the poor fellow ' s skull while he lay prostrate on the ground ! Poor Mullowney ,, who was a fine dashing young fellow , and a noble specimen of his class , was only in the 24 th year of his age . He was the son of -a respectable tenant farmer , and in good circumstances . Two men , named Timothy Ryan and Michael Hogan , ho fully identified before Captain Plunket , R . M ., a few days ago , as the principals in the attack / , and four others , named . Michael Malono , Michael Hayes , Thomas Bunbery , and John S lattery , have been arrested by the police on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage . A dispute about land , the prolific source of crime in this country , is supposed to have incited tin ' s fearful deed . "
A Tragic Romance Of The Kitchen Has Been...
A tragic romance of the kitchen has been deve-. loped at Chiseldon . ' "• It appears that a young man , named Richard Hughes , a ^ room , in the service of W . M . Orowdey , Esq ., had for some time past been enamoured of the cook of the same house . His attentions , however , did not appear to have been ' . reciprocated by the young woman , and on Sunday last he received a peremptory order not to think of keeping her company any longer . This appears to have hud a great weight upon his mind , and , stinging under the failure of his suit , he went into an adjoining town on Tuesday lust , when ho was told by a relative -that Juis supposed intended had been walking out in the company of another young man , with whom she was about to be shortly married . This aroused liis jealousy to madness , and lie liastened back to Chiseldon , ruslivd into the kitchen , whore he found the unfortunate cook in front of the
lire preparing the dinner . Just as she was reaching over the fireplace to lift something from a saucepan , Jio pushed behind her , pulled her head back , and then drew a raxor across her throat , inflicting a frightful wound , from which the blood flowed most copiously . Previous to his committing the deed , the poor girl lia < l just timo to scrcum out for help , whioli brought her master to the apot just as sho was falling to the iloor . Tho moment Hughes hiiw liim ho started ofF , followed l > y Mr . Crowidey , but , before ho could overtake him , the wretched man djrow tho razor across his own throat , and almost severed his head from his body . When liis master got to him , ho was found in the path of the garden belonging to the house , in his last gasp . So completely l \ nd lie succeedod in u » . attempt on his own life , that death was ailmost instantaneous . Medical aid was procured for \\ U unfortunute ¦ victim , but little , if any , hopes ciin bo entertained of her recovery . "
This Week A Cabo, Involving Groat Hardsh...
This week a caBo , involving groat hardship to a rospootable young woman named Hannah Stool , oaino before tho llonBington Potty Sessions in the ahapo of tin application for an order of affiliation upon Thomas Ookoloy , si young irWi-£ ??! n TV ** £ PP ™> - ° <\ Steel had been IllomiUy married KK Mr . Ferguson , Catholic priest of St . Thomua ' a 3 S S ""' ¦ Ti » 0 « Hn lalniu » t had given notice of the HoS i f registrar aomo timo in September la « t , giving WstR / t 1 l ol ° Ohapolas tho place of worship where o cfvo him r » f 0 Pm , - - .- ° ms thon told b >' ' « K i « tmr for tho common ° ? . ° tlC 0 ll ?* y or two bef 0 l ' thut lixod his ftho ^ KS ^ 1 ? U ° mxrrHQ W 0 H >» il » "ff * l without SheredBtnSSM-P " ? 0000 - . SubBoquontly olio uppliodnt S ; SS SSV ! Wil sr S-
not make any difference whether the registrar was present or not , and she and Cokeley were thereupon married in Fulbam Fields Chapel , the registrar being absent , so that the marriage was thus doubly illegal . A certificate of marriage , signed by Mr . Ferguson , was put in , and ordered to be detained . The certificate ran thus ;—" These are to certifythat Thomas Cokeley and Hannah Sarah Steel were married on the 18 th September , 1853 . St . Thomas ' s , Fulham . Thomas Henry Ferguson , D . D . "—Mr . Ferguson was formerly one of the ( Protestant ) curates of Holy Trinity , Brompton , and , as the registrar stated , must have known well that it was indispensable to a legal marriage that the latter siould be present . The magistrates said it was a very cruel case , and expressed much commiseration for the poor woman , who had been besides shamefully treated by Cokeley , he having , a few nights after their marriage , absconded with his father to America , taking with him all her money , and her friends have since discarded her under the erroneous idea that she had been guilty of immoral conduct . The tench ordered the defendant to pay 2 s . 6 d . a -week , but , as he is out of the country , it will have to remain inoperative .
A Woman, Sarah Newton, Has Been Committe...
A woman , Sarah Newton , has been committed for trial by the magistrates of Chipping Barnet on a charge of poisoning her son , eight years old , with arsenic . " The husband of the accused was a jobbing agricultural labourer . They had two children ( the deceased and a younger boy ) , and resided in a small cottage on Rowleygreen , in tlie parish of Shenley , two miles distant from Barnet .. -About two months since the husband , who was often ailing , died , - and ; being entered in a friendly burial societ y ^ 107 . was allowed for his interment . The deceased was generally considered a healthy boy * free from sickness ; However , he was suddenly seized with illness ^ his symptoms became worse ; and on the following day he expired . Suspicious circumstances then came to light as to the cause of Ji is death . An appeal was made to the Secretary of State % and his lordship at once desired Dr . Taylor , Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Guy ' s Hospital , to make the necessary analysis ^ - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . .: ¦ ' ¦ - . ' ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦'¦ •' "¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ; ; - '
The motlier ' s storjj in explanation , was that the boy had picked up a paper containing- a blue pow < 1 er ina lane on liiSAvay to school , and that he had eaten the powder- But there is evidence : that she had purchased arsenic immediately before : and the chemical evidence is complete . The utter ostrich-like stupidity of the murderess , in her clumsy , attempts to prevent detection , is marvellous in this case .
A Tailor, Slight And ''Seedy," Has Been ...
A tailor , slight and '' seedy , " has been a prisoner at the Mansion-House Police Court on a charge of beating his wife , an enormous virago : — "_ Mrs ; ll'Lauglilin seemed to be unwilling to state the particulars of the assault , and said that she and her husband would go on well together if the Lord Mayor could prevail upon Mr . M'Laughlin to keep good hours , " and to contribute something to-wards the support of the house . Upon being told that she must give a full description of the transaction of which she had complained at the station-house , and on account of which she had raised the neighbourhood with cries of murder , she ; . declared that between twelve and one o ' clock on Saturday night , the defendant had returned to Uis home without bringing anything to support it , and upon being reminded of his duty , ¦ which he frequently neglected .
showed fight , which sho returned . She believed he got as good , as ho gave , and as ho had been confined from the time of the row up to the present moment , she wished him to be handed over to her again , in the hope that he would be pre- ^ vailed upon to act better in future , ( A laugh . }—The Lord Mayor ; How Ion i have you been married—The Defendant ( with a deep sigh \; Since October last , your lordship—The Lord Mayor : Ana how long were you acquainted before marriage ? - —The Defendant : Three months . — 'The Lord Muydr : And what answer have you to make to this charge?—Tho Defendant ; I only tried to dofend myself from her , for if she once gets hold of a man I defy him to got loose without the help of another , so that I was thankful to the policeman for coming when slie cried murder , to save me from being murdered . ^—Tho Lord Mayor ; TJien you are in the habit of
disagreeing ?—Jl lio Defendant : She chastised mo twice immediatel y after our marriage . QLavghler' . ' )—The Lord Mayor : Chastised you ! Then you mean that she is the better man of the two?—The Defendunt : The Lordbl « ss your lordship , I'd stand no chance at all with her . Hgr own daughter , who is a married woman , has cried shame upon her when she ' s been walloping me . -She used to throw cups and saucers and crockery at mo , and I only stopped thajtW tell ing her to uso powtor pots , as they would not bo apt to " brenlc against my lioad . < 1 never struck her but once , and that was when sho took up a knife to open my windpipe . Thon I did give her a buster , that probably saved us both from a violent death . —Mrs . M'Laughlin ; I don ' c complain of him , ybur lordahip , about anything but his not bringing homo any money ; for as to lighting , I bcliovo ho won ' t got tho nfttt ' . ftP ( IT inn thArn ¦ Vint * irr » ii ant * lifimxr ill Itn iiiw-1 Kn » M n * n . l ¦» ¦¦— - *¦ ¦«»— wi i i /! llu
-- w » w « n * i « w x ** uvw « AVV * U AlllQ UgUJLU 1 \ UU I have been supporting Mm all tho time hq has been laid up . Still , ho oxpocta that I am to support tho house . — Tho Lord Mayor ; How long ia it sincq your ilrst huaband died , Mrs . M'Luughlin ?—Mis . M'Lauglilln : Five yearn , my lord . 1 never had a word with him in my life , mid I'll tiiko very good oftio to make inquiries boforo I run tho clmnoo a thud timo ( Laughter ') . —Tlw Defendant i It isn ' t possible for any one to live with hor without being luid up . 1 liuvo boon in the station house without a bod sinoo Snturduy night , und I'll bo on my oath U ' a the ouly hnppy timo 1 ' vo spent since I nuuried hor . —Tho Lord Mayor : Hiul you not seen Hoinothing of each other ' s tempera bulojo you boeiimo man and wll ' o ?—Tho DofendMiit : 1 did observe tlmt uho luid a spirit , but I thought it was nothing but pluck . She han told ino ofton slnco that ulio didn't euro for mo na I lmdu't pluck enough to knock her about when aho doaorved it , —Mra . M'Lmiglilin laughed ut tho last assertion of hor htisbund , but did not
contradict it . She requested that the Lord Mayor would allow her to take him home once more , and try how he would conduct himself after the day ' s lesson . —The Lord Mavor : 1 shall discharge him , but I assure you both that if you disturb the neighbourhood any more with your quarrels I shall punish you both , and the police shall keep a particular eye upon your house . —The Defendant : She told me many a time that she would put ine out of tbe way some way or other ; but I wasn ' t worth being hanged for . —Mrs . M'Lauglilin : Yes , yes , you are . Come along you poor devil . ( Laughter . )
Napoleon-Day. The 15 Th Of August Was Ce...
NAPOLEON-DAY . The 15 th of August was celebrated with the usual celebrities of the Empire . On that day 40 , 000 French soldiers " were to have" sailed for the Crimea . What did happen in Paris on that day is thus described in the Daily News : " With the exception of a variation of the entertainments in the Champs de Mars , the fete of yesterday may be described in a word as a repetition of that of last year , but not so well done . The Parisians who , taught by many successive precedents , expected to see the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elyse ' es transformed into something different from what they had ever seenbefore , were disappointed at finding the old properties brought out again and put UD
m . precisely the old form . . This disappointment was the greater , because the plan of last year ' s fete , invented by the late lamented M . Viscontij although it produced the most splendid illumination ever beheld ^ includecl none of those improvised cities , temples , grottoes , monuments , historical statuesj-and allegorical groups which have-excited / curiosity on former occasions . The decorations a la mquresqiie appeared tame arid monotonous in the extreme to those who saw them for : the second tirrie , and . remembered that a year ago they had been voted - ineffective l > y daylight . The theatres ( open gratis ) were exceedingly attractive . As early as four in the morning many , people took their stations before the doors with the deliberate
purpose of standing in a crowd for ten nouis to insurea place . By eleven o ' clock the Opera was besieged by a crowd , sufficient to fill the theatre at least four tirnes over . The queue extended from the principal door all along the Rue Lepeiletier to the" Bouleyard , and then £ arranged by the police oh one side of the broad ; fobtway ) stretched eastward nearly as far as the Jockey Club . There was another 1 tail ' of almost equal length , which took the- course of the Rues Rossini and Grange Batieliere . Occasionally some of the late comers , more calculating ^ han ^ he ^ es"t , 'b ^ eaine aliv ^ to the' fact that there would be no room fbr them , and sheered off to take their chance at the Opera Comique or the Varietes ^ ^ T-he candidates for these two theatres formed a nearly continuous string along , the Boulevard from the ' Cafe Anglais as far as the Rue Montmartre . Among the
people thus prepared to pay so dearly for gratuitous pleasure were many very well dressed . I ain told by a person who was at the Opera Comique that the places were open to all comers with perfect fairness . There were blouses in the dress circle , and smart toilettes in the pit . All the theatres were quite full , and the police very properly took care that they should not be more than full . The weather was fortunately cool , and those who got places enjoyed the performances as fully as on any ordinary occasion . In the Champs de Mars the pr incipal entertainment consisted of tho Siege cf Silistria , the gallant defence and glorious death of Mussa Pachaj and the ultimate retreat of the Russians . Silistria was represented by a pictorial pasteboard erection , such as wo have often seen at the Surrey Zoological Gardens . The siege operations conducted indue form were somewhat dull to behold . The cannon seemed to make no impression upon the walls—at least I saw no visible
breaches beyond those which tho artist had painted from the first- There was a portcullis and a drawWidge , and tlie principal part of the tun was to see Turkish cavalry sally out to charge the Russian cannon—a manoeuvre highly necessary for scenic effect , although not , 1 believe , quite historically accurate . Owing , however , I suppose , to the weakness of tho drawbridge , these charges , instead of being executed in the dashing way wo have seen them done at Astley ' s , were performed at a walk , and the effect was tnme . Mussa Pacha died drawing his martial ( Ottoman ) cloak around him , and surrounded by his wife and children . It is said that the 200 , 000 spectators in tho Champs de Mars wore deeply moved by this spoctaole , but judging from tho little JL saw niysoU '— -and 1 was vory near the walla—I think a great many of them must have failed to catch the points of tho scene , Instead of the three balloons promised
there was only one . This ascended at five o ' clock , as X ana told , and bore in fi igiuitio letters of gold the motto * Turkey , England , France . ' Austrhi , you observe , although our very good friend , is not yet far enough advanced in the alliance to bo associated in these ncriul honours . Therp wore boat races on the Seine between tlie Pont < los Invalidos and the Pont < lo Jena , Two four-oared mutches woro pulled between French and English crows , and tho . English lost them both . Tho illuminations were not so good as lust year , in this respect , that a great many of tho lamps were not lighted . Tho firoworUa in front of the Corps Legislutif woro not vory good . Thu principal novelty was an Illumination of tlio Louvro ns it will appear wlion liniahed , but , owing to some accident , only a pint of tho building w « u disclosed . When tlio bouquot { ell n queer atatuo of JNapoleon I . wub brought to light , which looked liko a ghastly diiguorrootypo of Julius Oiosur on horoobuok . "
At Bnyonne , which is not many leagues distance from Biarritz , whore tho Imperial couplo arc spending tho hot months , Louis Napoleon attended on the lfiUi ftt a ball given by tho Municipality of tliufc once Royalist but now Imporial place ; and in answor to < m ndih-oas lie delivered thia strong-minded speech : — " . MoiiHohmour , —Custom has decided that there auall bo one day iu tlio yoar when tho whole nation can colubruto tlio
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 19, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19081854/page/5/
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