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Oct. 19, 18S0.] &%* Ht&tHV.
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THE FRIMLEY MURDER—A CONFESSION. All dou...
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Attempted Murder by Chloroform.—The Reve...
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A BAND OF BURGLARS ROUTED. The most rema...
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Capture of Two Bubglars.—On Saturday wee...
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THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. The death of ...
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THE RESTAURATEUR PRESIDENT. Louis Napole...
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I1ESSECASSEL. The officers of the Electo...
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Another Case Of Poisoning By Arsenic Is ...
Jones , is suspected of having administered the poison . It appears that in 1846 the old lady became the heir of her brother , who died in that year , and that amongst other property he left her £ 1000 in cash . This sum she gave to her son , telling him to place it in the Aberystwith Bank for her . Instead of doing so he made the deposit in his own name , and used a portion of the money for his own purposes . On discovering this his mother commenced a suit for the recovery of her money , and succeeded in obtaining a verdict in favour of ' her claim . Immediately after
the trial the son left home and went to the United States , without saying a word to his wife and family , who were then living with his mother . The old lady was not well treated by her daughter-in-law . She had complained to various parties that she could get no peace at home , and even affirmed that , on one occasion , her daughter-in-law had thrown her down stairs . It was the knowledge of this ill treatment of Ann Jones by her relations that led to the inquest on her body , from a suspicion that her death had been caused by foul play ; and from the evidence brought forward it seems almost certain that Elizabeth Jones ,
the daughter-in-law , was the poisoner . The enquiry has , however , been adjourned , and the prisoner remantled to Aberystwith gaol .
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The Frimley Murder—A Confession. All Dou...
THE FRIMLEY MURDER—A CONFESSION . All doubt as to the guilt of the parties now in custody for the burglary at the house of the Reverend George Holiest , and the murder of that clergyman , is now at an end . One of the guilty parties has made a full confession . On Monday afternoon Hiram Smith , alias Hiram Trowers , one of the four men in custody , expressed a desire to see Mr . W . Keene , the governor of Guildford Gaol , where he is confined . Mr . Keene , accordingly , went to him in his cell , and the prisoner then made a statement which was taken down in writing , of all the circumstances connected with the dreadful affair , stating that the burglary was planned by himself and the other three men in custody , and that the fatal shot
was fired by Levi Harwood . He also states that after the murder they all came to Kingston together , that Harwood went to London to dispose of the stolen property , and , on his return , gave him 7 s . Gd . as his share . The prisoner entered minutely into the details of the outrage , but stated that the pistol was only intended to terrify the inmates of the house into submission , and that there was no intention originally to commit any violence . It appears from enquiries that have since been set on foot , that the statement of the accomplice can be confirmed in many material points by independent testimony ; and , if this should be correct , the case will be quite complete . The prisoners were to undergo another examination yesterday .
Attempted Murder By Chloroform.—The Reve...
Attempted Murder by Chloroform . —The Reverend Lachlan M'Intosh , a dissenting minister , after preaching at the Presbyterian Chapel in Kendal , last Sunday evening , took up his quarters at Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel in that town . He retired to rest about nine o'clock , and there being no lock upon his bed-room door , he placed a chair against it by way of precaution . About twelve o ' clock he was awakened by some persons attempting to suffocate him by means of a rag saturated with chloroform . Mr . M'Intosh , who is an elderly man , struggled desperately with , his assailant , but , whether from the fumes of the chloroform , or the terrible disadvantage at which he was taken by his midnight assailant ,
he felt himself fast failing , when his cries of " Help Murder ! " roused the house . Mr . Shaw , of the Temperance Hotel , was the first person who made his way into the room , and he found some difficulty in doing so , in consequence of the chair being placed against the door . When he entered the bed-room the intended victim was almost powerless , and the assassin was lying upon the bedding , which had fallen upon the floor in the scuffle , apparently sound asleep . On being roughly shaken , the latter professed that he had long been a sleep-walker , and appeared to be astonished to find himself where he was . A policeman was , however , sent for , and the supposed somnambulist was taken into custody .
There was a strong smell of chloroform in the room ; next morning a bottle containing chloroform was found under Mr . M'lntosh's bed , and a similar bottle in the carpetbag of the prisoner , who had been at the Temperance Hotel from the Saturday evening . The reverend gentleman ' s face bore strong marks of the desperate pertinacity of his nocturnal assailant , and , upon the landlord and landlady entering the room , his nightdress was found to be covered with blood . The prisoner , who had retired to bed on Sunday evening about half an hour before Mr . M'lntosh , had previously taken occasion to tell the
people of the house that he was a sleep-walker , and on one occasion had walked four miles in his sleep . To the policeman who took him into custody he said he was a traveller , but refused to say for whom he travelled , or in what business . He had attended the Methodist chapel twice on the day the attempt was made , and had also been once at church . On being asked what he was doing in the room of Mr . M'Intosh , he declared he had been a member of a Christian church for five years , that he was a sleep-ivulkor , « nd knew nothing of any evil intention . He was fully committed for trial . He is described as a young m ; in of pullid features and a forbidding expression of countenance .
A Band Of Burglars Routed. The Most Rema...
A BAND OF BURGLARS ROUTED . The most remarkable incident during the present
week in the war now waging between society and the guerilla-burglar forces by which the country is infested , has been the signal repulse of a small band of burglars in the Regent ' s Park , with one man seriously wounded and another taken prisoner . The affair took place at an early hour on Monday morning in the house of a Mr . Holford , at present in America . The burglars had , no doubt , fancied that the house was not well watched , on account of the absence of the owner , but it turns out that they reckoned without their host .
About twenty minutes to two on Monday morning , James Paul , Mr . Holford ' s butler , was awakened by a noise in the banqueting-room . He instantly sprang out of bed , and , on looking out , saw the shadow of a man on the lawn . Peeling satisfied that something was wrong , he awoke two of his fellow-servants , both of whom he armed . He then went down stairs , and , seeing a strong light in the banqueting-room , he went to the stable and aroused the coachmen , to one of
whom , he gave a loaded gun , and a pitchfork to the other , with orders to take up their station at the south side of the house . The groom and footman , whom he had also called out and armed , he placed at the north front of the house , where the butler himself also stood , armed with a double-barrelled pistol , to which a bayonet was attached . No sooner had he completed this arrangement of his forces than he heard the report of a gun , and on hastening to the spot he saw a man running from the window of the banqueting-room . He followed him
and snapped his pistol at him , but it missed fire . The burglar cried " for God ' s sake don ' t shoot me , " and hid himself behind a bush , but the butler fired the second barrel at him , and appears to have wounded him seriously , as traces of blood were found next day from the bush all the way to the railings . In a shed in the Zoological Gardens there were also marks of blood as if a man had been lying on the straw . The butler ' s own opinion was that the man must have been killed from the charge of shot that was in the pistol .
After firing his pistol at the robber the butler flew to the assistance of his fellow-servants , who were crying out lustily . On reaching the house he found that the other men in the banqueting-room had made their escape , with the exception of one who had been knocked down with a pitchfork . The prisoner , who was severely wounded , said his name was Dyson , and that he belonged to Paddington ; there were four of them concerned in the affair , they had planned it all at a public-house at Battle-bridge , and on leaving the house each was to take a separate road .
Dyson was brought up for examination at Marylebone Police Court on Tuesday , when evidence to the above effect was given , after which he was remanded till next Monday .
Capture Of Two Bubglars.—On Saturday Wee...
Capture of Two Bubglars . —On Saturday week the police-officers in the neighbourhood of Witham , in Essex , having ascertained that an attempt would be made on the following evening upon a lonely farm-house , the residence of Mr . Samuel Cowell , about a mile from the town , took steps to circumvent the burglars . Accordingly , about midnight on Sunday , two policemen placed themselves in ambush near the house , and in a short time they saw three suspicious looking characters passing towards the scene of their intended depredations . A general inspection and attempt to gain access by the windows at the back of the premises seems to have been the first movement of the burglars , and several panes of glass were broken in the kitchen window . Failing in these , one of the party proceeded to the side window , and
from thence to the front windows . Fortunately , however , all the windows and doors were very securely fastened ( this not being the first attempt of the kind made upon these premises ) , and after having tried the brewhouse window also , and then proceeded to a covered cistern at another part of the premises , where they were disturbed by a heavy cart saddle falling off from the cistern and making a considerable noise , they seemed to have decided upon giving the matter up as a " bad job , " and , accordingly , they left the premises and went off . The policemen then commenced the pursuit , and captured two of them . One of the prisoners was identified as having been convicted at Chelmsford a short time since for housebreaking . At the Witham Petty Sessions on Tuesday , the two prisoners were fully committrd for trial at the assizes .
A Courageous Woman . —A most gallant and successful resistance was made by a single woman , named Keziah Prior , on Tuesday week , to a burglarious attempt on her humble dwelling . The woman keeps a small shop in the village of Liddiard Millicent , near Swindon , and the two ruffians who broke into her premises thought they might do so with impunity , as she lived by herself . One of the men having entered by the bedroom window , to which they had gained access by a ladder , was making his way down stairs to open the door to his comrade , while the latter was removing the ladder . In passing through the room , however , his progress was arrested by Kezbxli , whom we shall now allow to tell her own story , as given in her evidence before the magistrates : —
•• Laat Tuesday night , about oight o ' clock , no one was m the house but mysolt . I fastened the doors and windows . During the night I was awoke by Injuring a noiau like gluas crashing . I thought at Hrnt it was the cat . The next thing I heard was the catch of a bolt . In itbuut a minute I saw a flare of light coma from the room opposite my bedroom . That room looked out into the road . I jumped out ol bed , and went towards my
bedroom door . As I was going towards the door a n . upon me . He took hold of me , and we fell to the floor « , I was undermost . As we were falling he said , « D—n x eyes , deliver your money 1 ' I screamed Murder I We ««~ a struggle on the floor . I got from him , and went mt < the room opposite my bedroom . The window of that roon was open . It was shut when I went to bed . I screamec Murder I' The man at that time wa 3 id my bedroom ; nol knowing- the way . he could not get between the rooms sc fast as I could , and there were two step 3 between the rooms The man followed me into the room ; he was calling out , Jack Jack , d-n your cowardly limbs , come here . I then turnec from the window and met him . We closed together ant stru « Med . I can't say whether he struck me there , he strucl
roe in the bedroom ; I bear the marks on my face . My toes wen trod to pieces with his nailed shoes or boots . He got to th « window and he put his right leg up to get out . 1 put my hands round his body and helped him up . He drew his other leg up and I put my hand on his back and struck him as hard as J could , and said , That ' s where thee ' s come in , and that ' s where thee shall go out , ' and out he went . He fell about thirteen feet and dropped on the road . I said , « You rogue , I hope you wil break your neck . ' It was a clear night . 1 watched him get up and scramble away . I am certain it was the prisoner . I hay < known him for some time , and he has been to my shop . 1 did not see a second man . I dressed , struck a light , and went dowr stairs and opened the door , and went to a neighbour ' s and gave an alarm . "
The prisoner to whom she alludes in her statement was a man named Charles Clarke , alias Embury , who had . beer apprehended on suspicion , and who was committed by the magistrates to take his trial at the next assizes .
The Queen Of The Belgians. The Death Of ...
THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS . The death of this amiable lady took place at Ostend , on Friday morning , at ten minutes past eight o ' clock At four o ' clock the Duke de Nemours , Prince de Joinville , the Duke d ' Aumale , and the Princesses took their last leave of their august sister . The griei of the King , who had never left her during the whole night , was most poignant , and the young Princes and the Princess gave way to screams rather than tears or cries . The Queen ' s sufferings had been very
great , from the constant soreness and irritation of the entire mucous membrane , but her last night was a tranquil one , and , in the full preservation of her faculties and presence of mind , her pure spirit passed away with scarcely a struggle and without pain . At half-past nine o ' clock her mother , Queen Amelie , went , in company with all the members of the Royal Family , direct from the palace to the parish church , where , in conformity with , established custom , a mass was said by the cure of Ostend for the repose of the soul of the departed .
Louise Marie Therese Charlotte Isabelle , Princess of Orleans , was daughter of the late King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amelie , and was born at Palermo on the 3 rd of April , 1812 . At the time of her decease , therefore , she had only attained the early age of thirty-eight years and six months . On the 11 th of August , 1832 , the Princess of Orleans was wedded to Leopold , King of the Belgians . The
nuptials were celebrated at Compeigne . From the moment she became Queen Consort , she commenced that uninterrupted career of boundless charity and benevolence which for the last eighteen years has made her the idol of the Belgian people . She has left behind her three children , of ages varying from eleven to sixteen . They are the Duke of Brabant , the Count de Flandres , and the Princess Charlotte ; one child died in early infancy .
The visits of the Queen of the Belgians to this country were frequent , and her virtues much endeared her to Queen Victoria .
The Restaurateur President. Louis Napole...
THE RESTAURATEUR PRESIDENT . Louis Napoleon's last grand review at Satory , where the sausage and champagne bribery was repeated , in the face not only of Chan gamier , but of the Assembly ' Committee of Permanence , who were present on the ground to investigate and report , has provoked the committee to give the President and the Minister of War a long and sharp rebuke in writing . At their meeting on Friday several members of the committee who had been present at the review , described what took place on that occasion ,
They expressed themselves well satisfied with the troops , but thought the conduct of some of the officers deserving of censure . It is said that when the chairman of the committee stated the result of the sitting to the President of the Republic , some rather energetic language passed between them . M . Dupin is reported to have said , with reference to the sausages and champagne , that such petty means were utterly unworthy the Government of a great country , and that they must necessarily . disappoint tho hope of those making use of them , as they would never lead to any important results .
I1essecassel. The Officers Of The Electo...
I 1 ESSECASSEL . The officers of the Electoral army , regarding the constitutional oath as binding , tend their resignation by hundreds . No direct answer has yet been given to their applications lor dismissal , but General Ilaynau has received tho following decree from his master : — " By God ' s grace , we , Frederic William , Elector , & c , have been pleased , at the instance of our Council oi Ministers , to confer on our Cummandcr-in-Uhief , the Lieutenant-General von Ilaynau , full and unlimited powers , acting in our name , to grant leave of resignation to the officers of all grades ; and as fur those who ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 19, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19101850/page/5/
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