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48^ THE £EA|)ER. CSat«»ijAy.
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FIEE IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. In the Port...
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY. A piBB o...
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ROBERT OWEN'S BIRTH-DAY. The principal d...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Queen gave a state ba...
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It is rumoured that in any future arrang...
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Tho command of tho Channel Floot has boo...
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The annual meeting? of the Peace Society...
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Tho trip to Shrewsbury and Birmingham la...
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Mr. Foargus O'Connor had arrivod in Now ...
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Life's Tragedy. Stephen Waiikbk, A Young...
muzzle of the gun is thrust through the window-pane ; the agonized mother again rushes forward , shrieking " Shoot me , oh , don't shoot Fanny , " Fanny tries to run away ; her hand trembles / she cannot unfasten the door , the gun is fired , and Fanny , poor Fanny , is shot down . Stephen , horrified at the sight , ran away across the fields . But his brain whirled j he stopped , reloaded the gun , took off his rough hat , put a loop of the ribbon on the trigger , ¦ placed the muzzle under his chin , pressed down the hat with his foot—and so blew his life out . A coroner ' s inquest was held on both bodies , and the jury gave as their verdict— " That the deceased girl was murdered by Stephen Walker , and that he then destroyed himself while in a fit of temporary insanity . "
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Fiee In Portsmouth Dockyard. In The Port...
FIEE IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD . In the Portsmouth dockyard , it appears , the storehouse , containing tarred and white yarn stores , is under the same roof with the house wherein the operation of tarring yarn is carried on . The thing has been condemned , but not altered , for many years . On Monday there were some fourteen ton of tarred yarn in store . Around and near the building were offices , the rope factory , H . M . S . Queen , and several large vessels . The process of tarring the yarn was proceeding as usual , when , about 8 o ' clock in the morning one of two boilers near the capstan of the steam engine employed in the operation , burst in the bottom , the boiling tar it contained , between four and five buckets foil , fell in the fire underneath , and broke into a strong blaze . The
flames spread themselves in a moment to the yarn in the apartment , on which the men were at work , setting fire to the whole of the woodwork in the apartment , and threatening to communicate itself to the white and tarred yarn in the other parts of the building . At the time the boiler burst , there were at work in this room , four ropemakers , a boy , and a stoker in charge of the steam-engine , and one of these at once gave the alarm to the authorities , ^ and went after the dock-yard fire-engines . These were quickly on the spot , those belonging to the rope-making department being there in a remarkably short space of time , as they were stationed close at hand . One of these was actually playing on the flames , within three minutes of ? their bursting forth , a proof of the state of readiness in which they are kept . Large numbers of dockyard officers , mechanics , police , andseamen , were ateo quickly on the spot , and the result was , that after burning with great fury for an hour and a quarter , the flames were got under and
extinguished . The Admiral-Superintendent has promptly shown his appreciation of the efforts of the people of the yard , and the officers and seamen of the ships in . the basin and dock , by issuing the following memorandum : — Portsmouth Dockyard , May 17 . —The Admiral-Superintendent has received , with the greatest satisfaction , reports of the energetic and excellent conduct of all classes , both of officers , subordinate officers , police , artificers , and labourers , belonging to the dockyard , on the occasion of the fire this morning . Then" exertions were happily crowned -with prompt success , and the fire , which at first threatened the most serious consequences , was extinguished without doing ^ material injury . The Admiral-Superintendent will not fail to make known to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty his sense of thepr aiseworthy behaviour of those under his command . —BE . Peescott , Admiral-Superintendent .
Destructive Fire In Bermondsey. A Pibb O...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY . A piBB of a most devastating character , involving loss of property to the amount of many thousands of pounds sterling , broke out about ten minutes before ten o clock on Tuesday night on the premises of Messrs . Robert Owst and Co . wood and truss-hoop merchants and coopers , Millwall , near Dockheod , extending thence over the adjoining warehouses of Mr . Brindley , slate-merchant , Messrs . William and John Hayward , boat-builders , Messrs . Loader , cornfactore , Mr . Crisp , shipwright , and thence to the craft moored alongside in the river , where three large vessels wore wholly destroyed , before the progress of the flames could bo stopped . / Messrs . Owst ' s promises very narrowly escaped dostruc-+: ™ « i »/ ,,. t . n fortnirrht since , when Messrs . Davis and Co . s
fltoam paper-mills , which immediatel y adjoin thorn , wore burnt down . The alarm was given by an officer of tho fire-bricado on duty at the adjoining promises lately de-BtroyecTby fire . Ete was going his rounds over tho ruins Of the late fire when ho oaw a young man or boy run out of tho adjoining coopomgo upon tho wharf-wall crying aloud that tho place was on fire . Tho brigade-olhcor hastened to tho spot , and at onco saw that a largo quantity of dry hoops wcro blazing away on Messrs . Owst a warehouse . His first impulse was to call for uomo buckets of water in the hope that ho might bo ablo to extinguish tho flames , but eo much timo was lost in obtaining this needful aid . that when it arrivod all hopo of staying the
procress of fclio fire by ouch moans was at an end ; ana mos-Bonffors wore sent off'in all directions to obtain the fire , omrinos . Tho combustible naturo of tlio stock in Messrs Owst ' s warehouse caused tho flro to epread with extraordinary rapidity , and tho roflootion of tho fldmes was a Bpoodior harbinger of tho mischief in progress than any other moans that could have boon adopted . Tho bngadoenirine from tho Tooloy-stroot station was very early on tho snot , and others from tho Southwark-bndgo-road and Waterloo-rood shortly followed ; but , as usual on the Surrey side of tho river , there was a grievous lack of water , and nearly an hour hod © lapsed from the outbreak of tho flro before either of them could bo got thoroughl y into work . The tide unfortunately was at its lowest obb , and hence , while very litfclo advantage was obtained from
the vicinity of the river , the vessels moored alongside were fast in the mud > and threatened to add to the general destruction . About half-past 10 o ' clock the fire was at its greatest height , and at this time the reflection was distinctly visible in every part of the metropolis , even to the mosi western extremity . The shipping m the river and in the London Docks—the Hermitage entrance of which faces Messrs . Owst ' s warehouse , the bridges , St . Paul ' s , and all the metropolitan church steeples , were distinctly visible , and for some considerable period the scene was one of awful grandeur . The two floating engines were brought to the spot aa early as possible , and a large number of men were shipped on board each of them for the purpose of manning ; the pumps : but before they could be got to work two
vessels lying alongside Messrs . Owst ' s wharf—the Providence of London , and the Violet of Montrose—were enveloped in flames . Mr ; Braidwood and Mr * Henderson of the brigade establishment , and Mr . Cohnorton , the foreman of the "West of England Fire-office , brought their united energies to bear upon the best means of attacking the flames , and by a judicious arrangement of the various engines , and a well directed application of the hose , the fire was at length confined within a space of something like 200 feet square . This space was entirely cleared of buildings , and the Whole 6 f the property contained therein destroyed . A more complete wreck than Messrs . Owstfs premises present has rarely been seen , and some of their neighbours have equally suffered .
Robert Owen's Birth-Day. The Principal D...
ROBERT OWEN'S BIRTH-DAY . The principal disciples and followers of Mr . Owen , with that warmth of personal esteem and genuine affection which characterise them , singly and unitedly , kept bis eighty-second birth-day , on the 14 th inst ., not only in London , but at Manchiester , and elsewhere . Mr . Owen ' s ardour and industry , his hopefulness and Courage , are unabated . In two addresses—now before us— - one of great length , delivered by him to the Rational Society , in John-street ; and another , jJehned by him , and forwarded to solicitous adherents at Manchester , we see those signs of confidence , and even of enthusiasm , which he has always displayed . It is true , they reiterate the same ideas , prescribe the same remedies , and contain the same
mild complaints of being misunderstood . But the persevering spirit of the brave and steadfast old man is still apparent in them , and in no respect do they differ from similar addresses printed by us again and again . " With cheerfulness hewrites of his health " at his time of life j" with cheerfulness he speaks of " the enjoyment of those faculties '' which enable him still to work daily in the cause of his life ; with cheerfulness he reviews the past , surveys the present , and contemplates the To-come . My principles , he says , " are good for life andfor death ; " it is with unfeig ned cheerfulness that we , too , hope that the eighty-third birth-day of Robert Owen may duly come round , and find him as hale and hearty as ever—watching the practical idea now growing out of his " one idea . "
Miscellaneous. The Queen Gave A State Ba...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen gave a state ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night . She danced the first quadrille , " Ariadne , " with Lord John Manners ; and sh « afterwards danced with Lord Elphinsto ne in another quadrille , remaining in tho ball-room , until ten minutes before two o ' clock . Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar arrived in town , on Tuesday , from Germany . Lord Ovorstone has bought , and presented to the National Gallery , a largo fresco by Julio Romano . A soiree wap given in Cork on Monday evening to Mrs . Chisholm . The assemblage on the occasion was " numerous and respectable . "
Mr . Cobden , M . P ., has been unable to attend to his duties in parliament during tho past week , in consequence of tho death of his father-in-law , Lord John Russell has taken a lease for several years of Gart House , near Callander , tho mansion of Admiral Houston Stewart , M . P . for Greenwich , as an autumn residence for himsolf and family . Gart House is delightfully situated on the banks of tho Teith . " Tho lato Colonel Fordyco , " says tho Friend of the Sovereignty , " in his laBt will bequeathed a pension to tho widow of ovory soldier who should fall under his command ; a shilling each per day to all disabled soldiers of his corps , and loft tho moans of purchasing commissions for his five most deserving sergeants . "
It Is Rumoured That In Any Future Arrang...
It is rumoured that in any future arrangement of a liberal ministry , it is possible Lord John Russell might fool inclined to go to tho Upper House , to take the lead thoro in place of Lord Lansdowno ; leaving tho onerous post of chief in tho Commons to some othor reformer , in whom the Crown , the country , and tho houso might have confidence . —Daily News . Another Foast of Charity is to take placo Bhortly . One Prince , three royal Duchesses , and nine ordinary Duchesses , flix MarchioneBSOs , twenty-two Countesses ,. six ViscountosBOs , twenty-eight ladies , and six plain mistrosflos , havo consented to act as PatronosBoa at a Ball to bo given at Willis ' s Rooms , next Tuesday , on behalf of tho exhausted funds of tho Leicester Soup Kitchen , and bo to dance abundance to tho poor .
Tho Command Of Tho Channel Floot Has Boo...
Tho command of tho Channel Floot has boon conferred upon Admiral Corry , late Admiralty Superintendent of mail packets at Southampton , vico Commodore Martin ,. , Tho Morning Herald is in tho way of information . In Monday ' s impression it is stated , " that hor Majesty , at tho rocommonddtion of hor Ministers , is about to confer tho
honour of a baronetcy on Lord Boyle , late Justice «« , > . i apd President of the Cdurt of Session , as a reward ft ? v long and valuable services on the bench of Scotland . " It is also reported that a like honour will be conferred on Professor Alison , on account of his distinguished Kf rary attainments . The Serald judiciously " fememKo . " to iorget" the slashing article in the A pril auS ^ S JBlacktopod , which so bespattered Lord Derby / with , flat tery , and omitted all mention of Mr . " Disraeli , becauseth latter mentioned somebody in Coningsby as " Mr WowW the great historian ! " * " T »
The Annual Meeting? Of The Peace Society...
The annual meeting ? of the Peace Society was held on Tuesday , in Finsbury Chapel , Mr . Charles Hindley M . P was in the chair . " ' The Lord Mayor presided over a Court of Lieutenancv on ^ Saturday , for the purpose of appointing a committee to inspect the staff of the militia . CJertain vacancies had occurred , and the committee were instructed to report the names of those best qualified ; selected from the number who had sent in applications . A deputation of medical men waited on lord John Manners on Friday week to represent to him the filthy and dangerous state of the Serpentine . The bottom was muddy and unequal , the water unfit \ , to bathe in , and so variable in temperature that good swimmers had lost their lives by cramp in attempting to swim across it , while others had sunk , and struggling at the bottom imbedded themselves in the thick coating of mud before tho drags could be effectually applied .
The Queen and Prince Albert visited the Museum of Ornamental Manufactures , and the display of th e works of the Btuderits of the Department of Practical Art at Marlborough-house , on Monday . She examined minutely the whole collection , but particularly the series of drawings and paintings illustrating the course of education followed in tho schools . She remarked on the absence of specimens of fine lace , the only example being that of part of Marie Antoinette ' s bed , lent by Mrs . Henley , and in the course of the day her Majesty sent several specimens of lace of great beauty for the purposes of study by the students , accompanied by a description of each specimen in her own handwriting ;
The Grand Juries ( Metropolitan District ) Billy prepared and brought in by " Mr . Attorney-General , Mr . Secretary Walpole , and-Sir William Jolliffe , proposes to render it unnecessary to summon grand juries within the metropolitan district , by reason of the improvements which have been effected in the administration of criminal-justice within the district under the jurisdiction of the Central Crunihal Court ; to allow ; no charge to be tried at the Central Criminal Court , Or at any session of the peace held within the City of London or the metropolitan police district , without its having been previously investigated
before a justice of the peace ; that in lieu of an indictment found by a grand jury , an indictment shall , in cases for trial ( saving as to treason and coroners' inquisitions ) be filed by the proper oflicer of the court at which the charge is to be tried ; that a person accused of larceny or any misdemeanour may , if he confess the charge , and so desire , havo sentence forthwith passed upon him by the justices , instead of being committed for trial j that persons uttering counterfeit coin may be imprisoned for six months on summary conviction : and that the criminal law , as operating within the above-named district , may be amended in some other particulars .
Tho Trip To Shrewsbury And Birmingham La...
Tho trip to Shrewsbury and Birmingham lately undertaken by the Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature and Art , has proved , in every respect , a more thanlusuaUy successful expedition- Tho Shrewsbury audience greeted the performance of the Comedy and Farco with a heairty and discriminating welcome ; their applause , throughout tho evening , was always directed by the same genuine appreciation , and the same active -sympathy with the objects of the Guild , as hinted at in the play . At Birmingham , tho Amateur Company gave two performancesi in tho Music Hall , each , time to " crowded houses . " On tbo second occasion , Mr . Diokens ' s ever-ready kindne ana s > r > nai < 1 ni . af { sin in / luAArl him no TYlftTlflfrflr of tllO
performances , to give free admissions to nearly four hundred oi the working-people in the great Birmingham manufactories—tho wonderB of which ho and his brethren ot the Guild had been pleasantly occupied in exploring on ww morning before the performance . The intelligence oi u » Birmingham operatives is proverbial j and it was strutingly testified throughout the progress of tho evening a amusements . Not only did the artisans in the gallery awplay in the heartieBt manner their prompt appre «» a « 0 . fc tbo minutest refinements of « byo-play / ' and tho nices * << nn ; .. ta » * . e ?!/> , v , )^ , n , . Vint TxiHRiiu-PH in the uomeujj
, tho Bubtlo intention , or refined irony of whioh had w » passed over in silence by all previous audiences , werooago . / discovered , and loudly and significantly appwuaeu ^ j tho oporativoB of tho Birmingham workshops . **" lamented by every one behind the scenes , that Sir t >» " ' Lytton was not present among tho audtenco ot tn ^ night , to witness tho reception accorded to lus Pllv ti . rocoption of aU otliors whioh would havo been most ^ & fying to tho authorV Wo boliovo that tlio next prov expedition of tho Guild is to take placo »/ " £ ' " £ , tho necessary local arrangomonts are not yoc comVl J ^ would bo premature to montion , us yot , tho towiw " they next propo ^ o to visit .
Mr. Foargus O'Connor Had Arrivod In Now ...
Mr . Foargus O'Connor had arrivod in Now York , «" had taken up hifl quarters at tho Ir ving-house _ Tho Grenada Chroniole otatefl that a obip ' fl ^ f ^ Sio of unusual dimension ^ and whioh hoa boon ™ W * tUo belong to tho steamer President , was coot asuon * 4 th ult ., on tho inward part of tho island .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22051852/page/10/
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