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Our Civilisation. ' Loro Ernkst Vanh.—A ...
« fttfi *** tt « e *»^ tt > thBftdivtof abme * teep Sst ^ s leading J 3 Sm ^* p »* now £ ^ ta ^? y « rar ^ ulWnecfc M ^ iUyjiwi' - ^ £ & ield mesuv * position that , ! must fall backward ¦ Irendea-voured to escape from him , and said , ° §§ lSod £ sak « r do iot JdU ine in cold blocsai ^ -But he troifl * not aefcaaie ) ' shrink , - and hurled * me ? ftpm the top wifl * allliis foreev < Fortunately , » young man , hearing theno ^^ catne to >* hebottiom of the stairs as . I fell , and broke my fall , <^ 4 ^ tlis would Jbave been certain . He tlrtn v ^^ cotrardly-enou ^ li . to come and dashliisfist in iny face as : I lay- on the ground ; but eyentuallyhis brofteroflicersandi other persons interfered and got him away jfrom nxef ^ ilj may mention that / the soldiers , of whom there were * many in front , had been informed that their officers were being insulted , and were forcing their way on the stage- I am sorry to say that one of his brother officers to wliom I appealed gave me no
assistance , but told me to get ; him tmt of the ladies room toyself . Fearing a collision between the soldiers and civilians , I did not give him into custody . " Attempts wen ? made by Ms lordship ' s friends , tc compromise the matterIby * moray payment ;; but Mr . Nash , with , a very proper , sp irit , rejected these advances .- —Mr .- John Clode , the Mayorof Windsor ^ has written a long-: fetter ( to the : ^ ine ^ sende acvouririg ; to ^ " disprove -the assertions of Mri Naabjrarid to neutralise ¦ some remarks made in a ^ leading ? airticle ; of ; the Times ; . and > Mri Bedborough v one of iiie convicting magistrates , has made a similar attempt . But their statements do not in the least affect any of the : essentials of Jib *; . case . ' Another letter from Mr . Nash , also , has been published , in Vrhich'that gentleman , in answer to-the Mayor / reiterates his assertion that efforts were made "to bush tip the matter , arid that the Mayor himself ^ in an interview-he had with him , suggested terms of accommodation ^ , ' -
"* FoKA' ( iti « i . r- ^ Three brothers , powerful young men who hav ^ b % efi l for some time past-lounging ' about-Sydenham waiting for vessels to take them out to the seat of war , were-charged at Bambeth with attacking a : baker ' s cart witib ? ini ^ nt-to * steal % lie loaves , baeking 1 a , grocer ' s cart into ^ a ditctt , atidL" assaulting the police ' < wTJo interfered . riM ^ . ^ m 4 i 8 fi ) iiettV ; 6 r ^ in ^ d ^& ult ^ committed for a month . r Jf ^ l ID ^^ 'i ^^ . - ^ A man . named Julias Vallestein has Isaefr , commi . ttea ' 3 £ br ; ^^ ^ rial , ' ' charged vfiih , deserting frpra tiie German Foreign Legion ,, and of committing a jobbery . A ; gentl < Bman , w ho would not give hip " tatimOL . . gayte / Anformatidn at the Old-street stationhouse , " that ; a " xa ^ n ' t lining 4 % a German hotel , in Fitzroysquare , had committed a ' seno ' us rbjbbery . " A . ' thatch was set
ac ^ rdin ^ ly oa him ; , and a policeman in plain clothes Bubt ^ que ^ y ; . aiti ^ stted"tun . ' . 0 ri finding himself dogged , tlie yr € > rnjWft ' i ^ r » ' . endeavoured ' to rush . intp a house ,. , and , ORi ^ eiwg'fpUowed , offered the policeman 10 J ; tp let him go . ' H This ' wajETrefuaiedi and he wsis captured . / [ ' ¦ / Aj- ^ A-y wrrp Poachers . TrtSix notorious poachers , ail armed , made a furious attack on Mr . William . Burtonjj 4 t fa" ?*^ rflsiding at jThickbrppm ,, near Walsai } ,. in . consequence of which he remained in , a very precarious ; states for se . veT ^ al , days . JE ^ e . ; .. was- going home on the morning of tlxe 6 th of September , between twelve an ^ v ^ nft -iq ^ ocfc . '" . ^ nd ,: < wan ., passing pyer ; , a , plot of land belonging to himself , when he per < seived , several poa ^ or 4 ,, wio liad , covered spmc ; part of the ground near
tp ' H plantation ; with a , largo net . On his asking , the men what t ^ ey we > e ; 4 ping , there , one , of , . them , without replying tphia question , struck t-hun , violently on the head . wfth ; an . iron , spike / weighing , four t pounds . Mr . Burton was , kpopked down by the blow , but rose up , when he wns > again , attacked . by . the men , , w , ha knocked hinxdown a i second , time , and with such force as to make him flonseieaa . Af , tor , , a , while , ho recovered hla consciousness ,. and walkedtowards a cottage whore one of . hfc ^ bp ^ rer » , 4 iY 0 d ,,, when he onccmorp encountered the , poachers , who , beaj & , him , about the head and body
until ., Jftey thought they , had murdered hiw . , They then left , ! and , /» # PD ; H had Jain ftp . th ^ gro ^ ud . inflena ^ ble for more , £ han , t > ro , hpure ) he crawled to the cottage of the la |^ i | KyHffi' frpl » , wl 49 h ^( ba w # a amoved tp . hia own house , Infpi ^ tiftn ^ ^ fa ^ espftt ^ ed ^ foWowing mornuig to th ^ 4 nap _ # fl | o { i ^ fjppj ^ c ^ a ^ t / RuflhAU , apdiJthq . ppacUerfl were aU itfffi ^^ ftd j ^ r ^ AflotheBj , paae , , 0 f t ppachtf » g ,, hfta i ^ oc ^ , curbed , neat : J ^ upfiato ^ j ^ hicl * , b «( , termJuftted ; , in , thei capture , lOf n ^ ne ; p £ ; ^ he ^ offiinderji .,, Three nwnj were con- ; cerned , and ^ w ma ^ e a , jV «| fyi t Sttyage atfcapkj upon the , gOfflWKfl « P <» K . * W 4 Wff |« WJ ^«» ft ^ „ i > , ' j' .:, < ..,. •) . V . ( ,.. l ,, ; *
AsaAViycrOBi ' p : HBiFoJu < iHs ; v ) i-ThomaBf Anstell , > a laboutrery ( bein ^( Defused i dtdmlsaioa into , a housei he wanted to « nter ^ cdmtnon ce d smashin g ; the ^ i ndo w »^* ndrwhen'n poUoemantarnlved , 8 saulted > hlm with theiut « noet ; ner < 3 enes 0 , Mbeat UimioaOlhah ^ advinearly . chokodihim , knelt on > hiap ^ rson ^ , an 4 unaUyiforoed ^ him ovor some paUng » i'and injuredtth « Bpitio < of hiatbado . acriouslyj -tTheihiffitin '( wall at /] bngttiifloour « d , « taud brought before the CUvkenweU nuigMtratc ^ byr wfcnn ho . woa ^ wod ply orfewitenced t « u * month ' s imprisonnwntw ' 1 ' . ' ••/'¦> ¦>¦¦ >>! '" - ' ¦ ' ¦ ' .-i . i . ii v '^ i ^ i at & JMTQWGki && iM' - >> A youth ; , about sixteen V < Jars of P , # aa chftrged" at thoThamcs policeofflce by-i womaW Uvibfe ' lit »> lVrt ) lW % ItH"ni « idld * flljr Bhootlbft-mfeoat'W Thft 1 at wnat
loBgh ^ f'Wvtte * t r bby'eXpresaed' Ho sorrow h ^ ttWidKrtie , ' 4 > ni Iseemed W « reftt the whole matte * tfis a capHttioke . ' " 3 N « thev ^ ould'ni «' parents pay tHe price ' ot"im * tM < MifiTftrdley mild the Act w « a dertainlv -tnntun ul jj (« ' > ij v' . i , ;( ii / i . r > ,. \ , - . •> ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ,. ¦ ,. . ¦¦¦ , it ¦ ,, '
i poaisfaableT by ldw- He thereforepermitted Hie woman tatake out ? a suninions'againsfr-tiia'boyin ' ir . ' * - > . rdi ' i \ £ * - ' . A-PjLEAfiABn > VjSEPORi- ^ William ^ iichael TWalsnam / a bricklayer , ' has been fined 4 / j for an assault on vAnn Bnrtrowiii' t \ $ & wife of : a friend ; \ r- He had beea : with : his oitfn wife . < td- . Bnrrows's'hpusBj ; and , j between eleven : and twelve ; o ' clock ' . at-n ^ ht ^ ^ oHbwed ^ Mrs ^ 'Burrows'into -her bedrooms He exclahried " Hushf ?; and kept advancing ; wheni da Mr & -Buirows endeavDnrrng'Tto escape ,- he struck her-a blow ^ n ^ the'headjrand kicked'her-v i A short time previously , hebadTnade '^ improper ! overtuies 4 ; o her ; In . ' - 'his . ' defence , he -said he had- merely gone ; into the woman ' s bedroom to bid her good nighty and slie fle-wat him fiercely ; but this plea- of-course wa » not rfeceivedi "
¦ Alleged HoiiiCDOB ^ - ^ -By-an accident lastVyeek , we omitted to state thatWilliim ^ Oliver , -a > man . charged with homicide in a public ^ house , was : brougat up for further examination , > when ^ ns it' appeared • ¦ that the '• de ^ ceased died from" injuries received -from accidental falls duringrintoartcatiott , theaccused was dischargeii . - ^ - ; ¦ Atiemptbd Mdbdeb in Ireland- —^ -Mibs Charlotte Hinds , a lady who had purchased some property in the Eacumbered Estates Court , and who had given offence by enforcing payment of renis 'from ! rfefraetory tenants , was met ; inithe . avenue : leadiogf to her house byrtw . o * men , ?
who dragged her off the ., -car ^ knocked her Aown w ^ th . loaded sticks , and . fired three pistol shots into her . fece and -headV ; after- which , thinking she wa » deadj theyquietly walked , taway . ' She was carried into ( the : house ! ina dreadful state ,, a , leg andarm being broken ,-in ; ad-, dition to-her other injuries ; andnot the . sligttesfc ' hopes ; are entertained of her ' recovery . - The most horriblepart of the stPry lies in . the fact that , some eighteen months agOj sworn information was ? given '^ : that ; this lady ^ would soon be shot . 'She was therefore allowed a police escort , but ? only availed Jierselfl of it on one or two occasions , frovernmenthaa offered 1 ^) 02 . reward for the arrest of
tie men , who for the present have eluded justice .- :- - , ^ pub u TiGKET ^ OF-LEAVte" SYffrBMi' - -This subject is redeiving great attention just at present , and the observations recently ' made by Mr . Recorder Hall have been rnet by some remarks of'Mr . Serjeant Adams , the Assistant-Judges at ihe Middlesex'Sessions .- He said : — - * ' After all he had seen- and heard of the operation « f the ticket-of-leave system , Ms opinion t * as still tlie ^ ame- - that it was false'in principle andnnschievous-la" practice . H « Spprehenrded that there must be sometriisMke in the recently published address of the Recorder t > f Birmingham : a « the qoarter'sessiorisi for it'kppeared that-the' Recorder spoke oFticket-ofileave aftiTit were Established by the act which substituted peiial servitude fdr
transpoi'tation . That : was "not so , and he ' ( the" Assistaiit-Jadge ) believed that no persont sentenced'tPi »« nal '' serVi- tilde liad yet received a ticket-of-leav e : 1 h & system assumed throughout that the patties were situply individuals , ' and nof forming part ( as they , did ) of " a-body of tliieves who ' were as regularly trained to tn « l * business ' as any tradesman of the metropolis was td His . " A case of ' brii ' glary in which three y 6 ung men Avere cpncernefd was then brought forward ; and the Assistant-Judge ; in passing sentence , said : —¦ ' ? It . waW aimdst beyond belief that-theoristsi should continue to act'in positive , oppbsition td' "the ' " pradtical experience ' of the' yoriirig of the tiefcet- ^ tf-leave S 3 ' sterii . Its -results wtere' tifibte most mischievous kind . "Take the " case of the prisoner
Ti-e-Idcwheyas an ' itis ? tan ' ce . He was'fi notorious thi 6 F , ' and in' 1 * 851 he was'tohvicted as a' ; burglar arid sentenced to teir years' transportation . '' On the' 2 nd df last ' nibiith , Jhe was set at'liberty ' on' a tlcket-of-leave ; and" ; in less than three weeks afterWard $ he ' waal found "in ' the rioiinyany of a kno \ fn' companion ' of' thieves , bHtfking ib ' tb a hduse , and , Tvlicn detected , making a sav ^ ago assault on the Ijindlady . In one case wW 6 h came''before Win , a' man was fotiridy i ! tVo days itfter he' had been liberated on ticktit-of-leave , teaching a boy of thirteen the art of ' pickin'g podkets in trie street . Such was'the result of letting' these men go at large . H <* tvever 'he might differ with other authbrlties on the eysitjm Jtself , 'hfe thought they' woWd rtll ilBred that , wtiiiHi + htKsn 1 men ¦ ' ntm <» 4 ( t the 'feWeniBv'Tvh ! eH"Iiitttl' been
shown them and returned to their old habits ; ; th ' ey feh'pyjUl beV ) ievibrel y punished . He should sentence Trelfc- ^ il ^ y to acr ^ eii ' years'pehat ' servitutle , arid Rbberts t 6 * Mi knd'fr the autnoTitiSS thod ^ ht' nt ' f to ' redrice tn - nt term ^' ' « hd : again "« et 'tliton' ' at liberty ; ^ that ; lay with iliotti ; " A ^ to ' Williairifl ; he wduld be remanded fo ? furth ^ lhqtilry into J » fr t > it eVidu 3 "charactef . " - ^ 10 ni' tli ^ jsatWe day ^ befotd Mr . Wlthain , TBd ' ward Edwardi , described as a pork butcher , V « 8 BeriWnced"ftS"Wghteen months '' htfrd loboui ; fpr hn ' itteinpte'd Ifargltary at the house pf Mr ; Q ' e « t-ge Crulfc ^ ibfettk ; "the artist . ' ie appeared that this man albo' was ' tho h * otder' ofNa ticket-deleave . ' - ^ M r . Recorcloic' Jardi | i < i , at ' the- ' ^ Bath Quarter Sessidns , has alrfo been strongly denouncing thy tlcket-6 f-lea ! ve sVttfom'i but'lti " haa foy ( nd a ^ eferidet ' in Colonel Jebb ' ; ttie'chairman of tfie Directprs '
ifGbnvlct"PrlsohflS Whd ' c'alls " a ' ttfen « o h to thb'fHfa ' t that , ^¦ Gp nvlct"Prlsohflj ' wTid ' c ' alls " a'ttfe «« o h to thb'fHfa ' t that , bdfpre the'ttrt «^ t " staie of the law ; prJWhcfa bonUchiii ' ca io <' jj frv ' eti '' years *'' tratlspbHatton wer « sent itt' the' Thrums , ' irom WWdfe'theyyere rMeaabd , wjth ^ "frott' tiard 6 ri |* on ' ffie ' e ^ tratidri oY nnlflK « r term , but ^ t »(> ut any poWfeV k-rtciUWg - tnfeni if'Mof abu « e 4 tn 4 ir lfboH ^ ' Yherty ' s Mtiy' M # 'rtc « vd' \ onl ^ a rev 6 tiab ] e pa W 6 *> . '' 'CMo ' nol !<«& cohceiV « l « H ! hat' Hie" ^ ck «| wo ip 4 ^ ave nVert -frWo ' relapse ' ihio crime are coimpartttlveljr few , ' and ' that nbf above
• 2 | per cent : * avehad . their licenses : « sJok . « d . O'Jlfe M && s } ' however , * that' tbiis'dpes - not repre 4 e > t « ' ^ id 6 % ^^ id ' " ( hbve : rbeem convicted ? of crime . ^ The tattmbett of"pris (» f ( ffil > t && ileased on license between the-8 th of <^ tobe > , M 863 ^ V » i ^^ the ^ present date . Colonel- Jebb states to * efitfif 2 d ; ffetv 4 jg ; only about-2000 of the original numTjeA no % "iH £ En ^ laad ? to be sd-relBased-whien they beconje eligible ! -T ¦ - > v . t 1 . 1 : Mukdek bt a Mother . —Johann * * I > utt © n , the wtfe of a farmer Residing at * Carlton , near Kottingham , ha * ' murdered her infant daughter , ; whoTwa «' three yettrt- o * JJ
by throwing her into a pond . The mother hAdfora'longs time beaten and ill-used the child ; and the father had witnessed ' this" treatment with the -utmost' indifference ^ On the hTorning of the murder , Mwi Dutrton'"behaved with great violence to theinfarit , and had been heard to say "she 'Wished it was-in the well and' droiraed f- ¦ thai ' many a child-got drowned or btirnl i'buirit Was not'her child ' s lot . In the afternoon she took the child out , « nd it was not seen again -until the dead body was found &* pond by the police ; Mrs . Dutton has been committed for trial ; -- '¦ '• .... •¦ . . - ¦¦ : ¦ . :, ^ ;• - - ^ i- ^
Reformatory Institutions . —Mr * w . Miles , -M . P . v in his-fcharge to the grand jury at -the Somersetshiw Quarter Sessions , made some femarkson'the subject of " reformatories , and , regretting the Wait of accommodation that is often experienced , suggested- -that '»' bill should be" introduced into Parliamertt giving the pWer , to magistrates' td unite and erect ¦ a refoTmatOTy ^ itistitti ^ tioririor their- -several counties . ¦ ' He eled hoped-that Parliament would give the magistrates assembled-4 n quarter -sessione the power to charge the ejtpenses of such reformatories on the county rates , ndt ; c 6 lapTiifl 6 ~ rily , ' but- in 4 , uch- manner as the magiBerates inignt - think- ' proper . i ^ A t the Quarter Sessions" at WoiftJiester , the sattie subject has been agitated , and Sir-John Pakingtdn halsj expressed bis opinion in' favour' '< tit Government pro-fvidittg the funds fo ^ thetfeinstitutioilai '* 1 •'¦> ' / ' " ¦ ' [
"¦ MtrKDEB ' AT ' SbuTHAMPTOS .- ^ A ydung' ^ woman , a servant-maid- at 'Southampton ; has been ' shot ' 'dead in her master's house by a man who had been paying his " addresses to teri '¦ but who , on accouiit ^ f- ^ 6 me offencei-i » e hiad given ; had beendiscarded by ! th ' e girL '' - - i : A- Stran < 3 b 'TAick . — Mn "Cdllnig ^ dba-, a master butcher of High-street , Islington ^ is the contractor with : the City of London for supplying NeWg ^ te- «* ith meat . ' On Saturday morning last , " it Was discovered that portions ^ of a fitetsk ^ 'bf ; mutton , in a state 0 f ^ decbmpdsitioi * , had ^ been concealed in holes cut in two pieced of beefj which ' were consequently rendered unfit 4 br f « od . The contract obliged air . Cbllingwood ( wh 6 was sulrimdned at Grtuld--hall ) to supply the meat rft about ifivepence a pound "
without 3 b' 6 * i 4 , * T * hile the hirarket' pTKe i 4 % ow- sixpence a pound 'with "bony' i so tKafr the 'butchei - ^ must be suffering a loss . It was suggested that the triek'had been placed in brdfer to disgust ^ the authorities at' Newgate ;' and " so lead to an abrogation of the" cont ' rdet ; and it appeared ' that-oh a previous occasion the meat li ' ad l > een sent " wltli niiaggots in ifc * But , with tespect to the present charge ^ iMtV Gbllingwood denied dll knowledge of thii tampering , ; atid said that on the ( Saturday mdrriing he Bad sent ? out the beef in a proper' condition , arid that the man ¦ who conveyed it had also got with him the pieces of mttttdn , ¦ v ^ hfeh were sisn ' t for a customer's dor ^ , -and ^ which | ' lifr Collingwood supposed , had been inspect by his * servitfifr . He su ^ Dected this mto of other thifrgs : but' tie alldwei
him- to leaye'his service unquestibri ^ j iit Alderman Sidney ordered Mr . Collihgwdod tb enter ifa'to'recognizances to appear' again , when ' , if possible , he mu ^ t produce the suspected ' personJ- ^ -On a sibsequerit'da ^ the summons was dismissed , Sir ¦ J ' anies Duke beirfg bf opinion that the bad meat had bcen ( forced' into''tftfe beef by ' some pna whd wished to dp Mr , Cbllingwbodl's rotation an injury . The 'rtjan ' who deliV ^ rfd . i ' tn )) . TW « # ' was btbngnt forward ^ but denied ' all knowledge ^ of'tWe , 'fraud , Alleged 'AB & Ttcptoii ;— -A sii'ari ' ge ' case came befort ' th 6 Thames police Magistrate on Wcdine ' ada j ' . ' Mr . Stratiford , a licensed Trinity House pilot for ' the North Channejf , w ' as charged Vrith threatening to slic / ot Mr . Williahl
Chesterton , a nhotocrrabhic artist ; livlncr in Ratcllno Chesterton , a photographic artist ; living ui Ratcuffb jHigliway . " It seetned that Mr . Stiratfclrd ^ Buspeicted Mr ;' OHestertbn ' bf" "having seauceij' his dkiMit / BT , who irai niisBing . l 'The latteV Vehemently diiriieff * this : buit Mr ; S ' tr 4 tfo * d VepeWtedty w ^ nt io Ma' h ^ usei b ^ hiv ed very , vibleiriHy , ' and threatened to Bhoorthje ' object oif' his stuipiditiris ; ' . Befdre'tWfi magist ^ £ V MK \ e % Stettb tt said he had made jbhotbgraphic portraits ; 'for eichfbitibn at his dbbrV , b ^ Mr . Siratrdrd's rnlssing i 4 fla « fgntfer . land < ft her sister , ris ho corisidored them good soMejsts ; "but hedenje ^ that ho' had linylhihg to do with the ; dieappeara ' n 6 e of the ' one wn'bn )! "he , wao ' suspected ' pf . abducting . . 'Before tho miigiBtrate , Mr * . Stratford' said"tK « ft he" Woiild Bhoot
the man who seduced hia daughter ; he' would s ^ ar ^ b JEn gland thybiijyh for Hetr / Mrs : Stmtrord also was ve ^ j ; , I'loWnt , " ahd frequently interrupted'thiQ witnesses . R [ inpeared , ummateJIy , that ' Mri Slirikffotfd , ' had ^ no bel $ rr eWeori ) for suspecting Mr . ChesfceribH MtiWat some Wo , hid toWWm sho'liad' seen the daiighioVM'cdi ^ niiny .-WWf , » man '/ " Hke " thb CPniplalhant . ' Oh ^ tle / 'dther hanX f fln . isslaiarit in Mr . Chostcrton's oata * t > ll 8 tkm < Jh , i ; natd bd haa . d 6 ri'tne > glri ; at rilglit ih « ie HaVniartte ^ olitthitly ^ ntp ' xi- ^ jo't e * ah ^ MiK ^ hUik % ^ . kWimUh 6 % id % 9 ha * , efi fa * , noW ' 6 W' ac 6 <> un' &« f tll ^ tfe . '" " Mr . S tratford ,, ; , Urion Wintf kskedirheV ^ Wttstedf ^ d , "'I tW & fa wiJl iieyer cplthe . hpnio ^ to hihi ^ ' if' « 4 ^ i , h , 6 > m , » uffe ' "( .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1855, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20101855/page/8/
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