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September 23, 1854.] TH E LEADE R. $07
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Sarah Smith, of Vincent-street, Shoredit...
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A Catholic priest, the Rev. Mr. Singleto...
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THE OATH SCRUPLE. At the Middlesex Sessi...
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DEATH OF COLONEL, BOYLE, M.l\ The mortal...
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THE BIBLE IN A THEATRE. TiiBiwlias iboei...
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MISCELLANEOUS. Glasgow and Architecture....
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A Nottingham Adventurer Left That Place ...
to her husband , consented to add herself to her 400 / ., and went off with the robber to Australia .
September 23, 1854.] Th E Leade R. $07
September 23 , 1854 . ] TH E LEADE R . $ 07
Sarah Smith, Of Vincent-Street, Shoredit...
Sarah Smith , of Vincent-street , Shoreditch , had an altercation with her husband , in the course of which she caught up a sharp-pointed knife and flung it at him . She missed him , but the knife struck into the thigh of her child , five years old , who was lying asleep near at hand . The boy ' s life is in danger , and she is in custody . Margaret Thomas , a girl of eighteen , but of abandoned life , was on her way from Newport to Carmarthen . Before she reached her destination a ruffian made proposals to her of an improper character , which she rejected . He attacked her in the most savage manner , knocked her down with his fists , and then kicked her , leaving her drenched in blood and apparently dying . She remains in a precarious state . The man has not been found .
A Catholic Priest, The Rev. Mr. Singleto...
A Catholic priest , the Rev . Mr . Singleton , has had to meet and rebut a serious charge at Stockton . Miss Jane Jones , daughter of a clergyman of the Church of England , left her family , became a Roman Catholic , lived in several families as a governess , and finally took up her abode in Mr . Singleton ' s house . On her oath , she deposed that he had criminal intercourse with , her on several occasions , told her she would have a child , and insinuated an attempt at causing abortion . She had a child , and sought to affiliate it on Mr . Singleton . Evidence against her case was produced , showing ; that her account of the affair -was not correct , that she ha d offered to compromise for a sum of money , and that she was not a very immaculate person in her general conduct . The case was dismissed * and proceedings threatened against Miss Jones .
The Oath Scruple. At The Middlesex Sessi...
THE OATH SCRUPLE . At the Middlesex Sessions the names of the jurors fined for non-attendance at the previous Session were called oveT—one of them stepped forward , and was about to make a statement to induce the Court to Spare the fine , when he was requested to- take the oath . lie said he objected to do so on consciencious grounds , Relieving that it was prohibited by the word of God . In answer to the Court , he said he was neither a Quaker , a Moravian
, nor a Separatist . The Assistant-Judge said there was a new act on the subject of oaths , but it could not be applied to this case , as it did not come into operation until the 24 th or October . He could not legally hear what the juryman had to say unless ho took the path . Therefore he must tako his choice , pay the fine or be sworn . The juryman said he had not the means of paying the fine \_ lOl . j The Assistant-Judge said he could not help him unless he was sworn . The juryman then left the Court .
Death Of Colonel, Boyle, M.L\ The Mortal...
DEATH OF COLONEL , BOYLE , M . l \ The mortality in the army of the East continued up to the time of the embarkation from Varna . Among the most recent deaths reported is that of Colonel Boyle , of the Guards , and M . P . for Frome . Ho was a well known member of the House of Commons , being a constant attendant , and was always moving about . His small , neat figure , in a remarkably apruco dress , was to be seen flitting in and out of the door , and loitering about the lobby during the greater
part of tho Lime tho House was sitting , and lie always presented an appearance of groat energy and activity . He was appointed Secretary to the Mastor-General of the Ordnance ; After resigning . the secretaryship of tho Order of St . Patrick , which appointmont was , in 1802 , held by an elective committee , to have voided his seat for Fromo . II « did not pp out with tho first jmrt of the army of tho Bust ; but joined soon aftor tho recent brevet had caused sevcrnl officers of liis regiment to come homo on promotion . Ho sunk under a « overc fevor at Varna , and was buried in the sea .
The Bible In A Theatre. Tiibiwlias Iboei...
THE BIBLE IN A THEATRE . TiiBiwlias iboei * a warm dispute in tho Town Council of Sheffield . about tho licensing of the theatre . Tho proprietor let the house some time ago to a lecturer on the divine authority of the Bible . When ¦ a ronovral of tho license was applied for thoro was a demur on the part of tho magistrates , on the ground that the letting of the theatre for such lectures was jc alcuktcd to " injure tlio morals of the youths of the town , and the application was adjourned for n fortnight . A liberal member of tlio council mnUo n imotion expressive of tho regret of that body at ol > - acrving that tho borough bench of magistrates hsid attempted to put a stop to tho freo expression ol opinion on speculative subjects , by refusing to grnnt a hconso to Mrs , Scott , of tlio Adelphi Theatre , on the ground that eho had lot tho theatre for a series ot lectures on tho clivino authority of the 13 ible . T < io motion wue , however , lost by 23 to 4 .
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THE WAR—TO THE MINISTRY . There are to be further demonstrations against the Ministry and their conduct of the war , besides the meeting at Newcastle . A requisition has been presented to the Mayor of Sheffield , desiring him to call a public meeting for the " purpose of considering the propriety of sending an address to her Majesty expressive of a want of confidence in the present Ministry and their mode of dealing with the Avar . " The meeting is to be held on Monday evening , and the resolutions and addresses are to be of a very vigorous character .
Miscellaneous. Glasgow And Architecture....
MISCELLANEOUS . Glasgow and Architecture . —An Architectural Exhibition will shortly be opened in Glasgow . The principal object aimed at is the improvement of the tastes of the citizens by bringing under their notice the productions of artists and manufacturers of different countries , and tlie illustration of the progress and improvement in art-manufacture which has taken place of late years . It is intended to illustrate these by exhibiting the past and present state of home and foreign art-architecture by means of pictures , drawings , sculpture , photographs , casts and models , and specimens of articles of house decoration , in furniture or otherwise . The architects of the city and their friends have shown their sincerity in the prosecution of this most laudable object by purchasing and fitting up at their own co § t a commodious building iu Bath-street , for the purpose of the exhibition . Members of the committee are at present < m the Continent selecting works of art and architectural
specimens . The Bedford Bell . —The bell which the Duke of Bedford , head of the Russell family , bestowed on the Church of Rosel , in the canton de Tilly-sur-Seulles , has been landed at Caen , and is at this moment at 2 Hr . Barrow's the English Consul , "whence it is to be shortlyj- transferred to Rose ] . The church of this commune was built by the family of Lord John Russell . Rakavat Capital , and Loans . —From a parliamentary paper recently printed it appears that the total capital and loans which the various railway companies of . the "United-Kingdom were authorised by Acts of Parliament to raise up to the 31 st of December last , amounted to no less a sum than 366 , 769 , 732 / 1 15 s . Of this 274 , 3 ti 9 , 932 M 7 s . 4 d . was
by capital , and 92 , 399 . 799 / 17 s . 8 d . by loan . The total amount actually raised by the various companies up to the 31 st of December last was 273 , 324 , 516 / 6 s . 9 d ., of which 65 , 072 , 958 ? 12 s . lld . was by loan , and 208 , 251 , 557 ^ 13 s . lOd . by share capital . Of tliis last , 164 , 724 , 177118 s . lOd . neither received , nor was entitled to receive , preferential dividend or interest . The railway companies still retained power at the end of 1853 to raise 91 , 289 , 840 ? 17 s ., either by existing or new shares , or by loans . The total length of railway open for traffic at the end of 1853 was 768 G miles 45 ^ chains , of which 5987 miles 22 | chains were as double lines , and 1699 miles 224 chains as single lines ; 383 miles 00 chains were in course of construction at that time , and 4079 miles 49 | chains had been authorised , but had not been , commenced .
Cultivation of Flax . —At a recent meeting of tho Leeds and Yorkshire Flax Society , Mr . Eddison ( the secretary ) said" he had heard from many persons that they had been able lo cultivate ilax with astonishing success , and he thought this subject ought to meet with , attention and consideration from all farmers . Mr . Wilkinson , flax spinner , mentioned two or three instances which had come under his notice of a most splendid crop of wheat after a crop of flax , and his opinion that the best crops of wheat could be obtained whore flax luid been sown tho year before was corroborated by one or two other gentlemen . Abandonment of this Ekk ; sson Caloric P « oject . —The caloric engino invented by Captain Ericsson has been finally abandoned , and is to be taken out of tho ship bearing la ' s name , hteam-boilers being substituted . From the
boginning tliis result lias been foreseen by practical and scientific men , notwithstanding tho alleged complete success of the experiment . —North American . Pjuksts and Nukseky-Maius . —A Bristol paper indignantly ttrlla a story communicated by a correspondent , " who was walking along the private road lending by the sido of Kudland-court to Hcdland-green and Chapel , when ho saw before him a man with a long black cotvt reading out of a book to somo nursery-maids and children . As the gentlemen drew nonr the man closed the book and walkod away rapidly . This excited th « ir suspicion , and when they overtook the young women , they inquired wlio ho was ? upon which a man , who was working close by , answered that ho believed lie waan . priest , « nd ihat ho whs in tho habit of frequenting those roads and tho green , and ' rending Catholic hook * ' to such of tho nursery ^ nuidn and children tliut ho met . This
further inflamed th « curio .-ity of the gcntloinen , ao thuy started at . u quick pnqo after him ; but his reverenco , if such ho were , gave tlioia a specimen of what Liuirio Todd calks ' mighty tall walking , ' and was soon out of Right . " Dkatk of a Soorntm I ' oict . —Wo nro informed by a Scotch paper " of tho dwith of old Witlt « r Wataon , tho poet of IvirlunUlloch . He died on tke lJJih in . it ., in the 7 / ithycar of his nge . About tho beginning of tho present cuntury , ho appeared lwforo tho imblic aH a poot , in tho songa ' Jockio ' H l'ur Awn ' , ' ' Sivo Will wo Yet , ' mid otliorn , wliivh havo tsinoo then inquired grout popularity . Walter wns an humblu weaver to trudu . In tho earlier part of lib lif ' u ho nerved for Ihrt'o yi'tiiti in tho Scots Groyn . Inik-pumleait of hin merit an ono or tho boat of our minor RuoUIhW pout a , lie wuh u good and worthy man , revered and beloved by almost all who knew him . "
A Hah-way Tunxix Fa ma i > t—On tho Lucdn Northern Huilwny , on Tiuwduy , u train wuh punaing through n tunnul itt Urmuliope , about seven uiilus from LwJh , curry ing but ween 200 nu < l 1 J 00 pusH (!» igi ; rH . Ono aidu of tlio tunnvl fell in , m'Yorud the train iu two , imil buried two of tliu oiirriiifiutt . Tho rugino , with piut of liio oiivrii « gcH , got . through , nrxl run Lmuk , when it viun 6 in ooutwot wUU IV Ixuck full of Irish
reapers . The guard was injured , but with the exception ot one lady , who had her leg broken , no one was seriously hurt . J The Caradori Case . —The indictment of the carpenter of Drury Lane Theatre for perjury , in an affidavit under which Madame Caradori was arrested , lias been tried , and cnd (; d in the acquittal of the accused , who trusted to his attorney , and swore whatever he told him . The Eari , of Elgin . —One of tlie " Garters'' now vacant is to be bestowed on the Earl of Elgin . As Sir Edmund Head lias been gazetted Governor-General of Canada , Lord Elgin has probably some more substantial recompense in view than the " Garter . " Queen Christina in England . —It is stated Beaumont Lodge , formerly the residence of Lord Ash brook , lias been taken for the Dowager Queen Christina , of Spain , as the future residence of herself and youthful family by her second husband , the Duke de Rianzares . Several truck-loads of furniture and other valuables have arrived by the Southwestern Railway at Datchet , and been forwarded to Beaumont Lodge , which is now being placed in thorough repair . Beaumont Lodge is delightfully situate near Cooper ' s-hill , about three miles from Windsor Castle , and was recently sold to a London solicitor , who , in all probability , was employed Ly the Spanish royal family to make the purchase . Reform in Turkey . —The Turkish Government has promulgated a hatti scheriff , branding with reprobation the corruption of certain functionaries , and ordering a better execution of the laws . The execution of the tanzimat is placed under the surveillance of a special council , composed of five Mussulmans , four Greek and Armenian Schismatics , three Catholics , and one Jew . The Missing Income-tax Commissioner . —The Nation says : — " We cannot tell Mr . Edmond O'Flaherty ' s whereabouts . It is generally believed , as we stated several weeks ago , that lie is at Copenhagen , there being no extradition , treaty between England and Denmark . But we have heard since : we last wrote upon the subject that he has been at New Yorkj and that we were the unhappy means of hunting him thence . " A Lokd asd a Newspaper . —The printing press and types of the DundaUc Democrat , together with sundry other goods and chattels of the proprietor , have been seized at the suit of Lord Clermont for tlie sum of 330 / , the amount of the verdict obtained by his lordship , and of the bill of costs in the late action for libel against that journal . Tkials without a Jury . —A new feature in the law with respect to trials will commence from and after the 24 th October , when the Common Law Procedure Act will come into operation . It is provided that a judge by consent may try questions of fact without a jury , provided the court , upon a rule to show cause , or a judge shall think tit to allow such trial , and the verdict of the judge is to be of the same effect as the verdict of a jury , save that it shall not be questioned upon tlie ground of being-, against-the ; weight of evidence , and the proceedings vipon and after such trial , as to tlie power of the court or judge , the evidence and otherwise , shall be the same as in the case of trial by jury . Counsel on each side are also to have a speech more apiece- The evidence is to be summed up on both sides . As Honoukabj . k Stokkk . —The Hon . E . G . Petre is appointed the locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway . A " Recess" Paragraph . —A Glasgow paper lias the following;—" Some time ago . a woman , named Mrs . Hunter , residing at Brax Woods , Arbronth , passed an animal of an extrordmary description . She imagines that it lias been in her stomach for upwards of six years , as during that period she had experienced novel and unploasjint . sensations , which no remedy in the shape of medicine could remove , and of which she is now relieved- The aniinal is three or four inches in circumference , and about six inches in length , has a head shaped like that of a cat , mouth well formed , no eyes , and no feet . Its tail is forked , but not slmrp . Tho belly is flat , and nearly mi inch in breadth . Tho whole , body 5 s covered by incipient scales , and is striped like a leech . Around the neck and shoulders there is u membraneous frill of ' a peculiar form . The colour of tho animal is dark brown , tlio nose boing white . The < : ireuiinttt « nco ht « a created great sensation in tlie neighbourhood . Mrs , Hunter is about iifty-tivo years of age . Domkstic ! I ' ihok . —Tho following advertisement has appeared in tho Limerick Chronicle i— "Advertisement—An extensive landed proprietor on tho bunks of tlio Shannon will lrniko a wagur of 50 ( M . that ho lias tho handsomest wife , the handsomest nino children , and the haiKl . 401 no . 1 t estate in Ireland . Application to bo made to J . l \ E . ( Jr ., Eyres ' Hotel , Glin , county Limerick . " An Episcoi'ai . 1 Aisciiiticct . —There h a filory of tho Bishop of London which is suggestive . Tlio Bishop wanting aoinq alterations done in tho l'lilaco of Fulluun , ho employed a ( irst-rntc architect to inspect the building , and consult as to what wiih needed to ho done . The busiui'SH occupied tho hitter throe , or four hours , and tho bishop , on his report of tho expense , determined not to proceed , Ho suid , however : ' He pood enough to toll ino for how much I shall draw a choqwo , on account of tho troublo you havo taken . " " I thiink your lordship , " wus the ruply , " a hundred guineas . " " A linndrcd guiuvunl" " Yea , my lord . " " Why , many of our curates do not receive so much for a whole year ' s sorvk'ttj . " " Very tru « , my lord , but I am a b ' wliop in my profcBiiiun I" Tho cheque was drawn and handed over iu » ilim <; o . I ' jKUKKOTiN Enduuanck or I \ w , N . —P « in can ttourccly bo olnuhlllcd . Kcmoinbcr tho Indian Suttco , who hooh nor I ' uneral pilu lit without mfcur ; tho , ScMii ( linnviim warriors , who died htugliing ; thnlndmii prwonrr , wlu » amwri « t tUoHo who ttlny him , wbo tour out Ilia nalln and j-uncluro linn with kniv « Wj tho French grpii «< lii'r in Iho hoMj . itid , wl « o , Hyr / u rolutuH . toro uff his iimtilaU-d an ,,, nii ; l « houtln « ' Viv « 1 'liinpJrourl" Hung it In Uionir ; Kn lw i wiiloni , who iijvo ainnkaa « nd jolcccfwliilu tho hIhiIIitoiI limbH ol tl u r oomnuleawi'i-o bAiiK « " . ( - off , « n « i » vJi «« i th « y wcro iriilung f « . r thoir turn . 'Miu Hyilun «• «•»•!*> M »» t Jlnr y-novni yiwn > n » hut upon tho summit , of n column , fod only with broud and wutfl-r i ' ikI oxpoaml to verlioal Niin . i mul nig !) t » ot frost , —Nw I MontUsf .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 23, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23091854/page/9/
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