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OUR CIVILISATION. SuiciDio.—An;inqucst w...
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Mat 26, 1855.] THE LEADER. 431
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Naval And Military News. Ricronted Dancu...
on the subject , that these numerous'disasters'axe owing to a strong current which sets in to ther westward and north-westward . Seizure op a Bri « by Pirates . —The Lively , Napier , from Hartlepool to Malta , with coals , was abandoned on the 2 nd of May , in lat . 36 N ., long 3 W ., off Cape Tresforcas . A large boat , with a blaek flag hoisted , manned by some sixty to seventy Moors , and pulling fourteen oars on each side , had been seen within half of a mile of the vessel . For half an hour , the pirate
gave chase to the boat containing the crew ; but , not being able to come up with her , they pulled towards the brig , which they boarded , hoisted the black flag , and stood in for the shore . Ultimately , the crew were picked up by the Empress , Saulley , from London to Constantinople , and landed at Malta on the 9 th May . A French schooner was lost in the same manner , on the same day , and only about ten miles from the Lively . The owner of the latter vessel recommends all shipmasters bound up the Mediterranean to keep as far north as possible , and to give the coast a wide berth .
The Presentation of the Crimean Medals . — The exigencies of our paper prevented us last week from giving as full an account of this interesting ceremony as we could have wished . We therefore now add a few extra particulars from a daily contemporary . —Each officer and man was provided with a card , upon which were inscribed his name , regiment , and service , which , on his arrival at the foot of the dais , he handed to General Wetherall , who read it aloud to her Majesty , andJLprd Panmure , the Minister for War , handed the medal . It is almost needless to add that the Queen's part was performed with perfect dignity , condescension , and , better than either , sympathy . For every soldier and sailor her Majesty had a gracious smile ; but for those who , in their halting gait or pallid countenances , bore evidence that their laurels had been purchased with severe wounds , the Queen had , in addition , words of
kind inquiry and solicitude . Under the kindty influence of her Majesty's manner , the soldiers forgot the stiffness of military etiquette , took off their hats with a reckless iervour that would have horrified Sir George Brown , and required a considerable amount of gentle pressure to induce them to " move on" out of the witchery of the Royal presence . The people beyond the barriers , although they could not hear what was going on , instinctively felt it , and cheered again and again . As for the sailors , they " bobbed" terrifically , and rolled-and lurched away from the platform in the depth of their emotion , as their gallant vessels might be supposed to do when a " staggering breeze" fills the topsails . At the conclusion of the ceremonial , the whole of the ^ decorated soldiers and sailors were marched off to the Ridinghouse at Pimlico , where , by her Majesty's orders , a plentiful dinner of roast beef , plum pudding , and stout , had been prepared for their entertainment .
The Ship John . —Upwards of one hundred and eight of the bodies of those who perished in the John have been recovered at St . Keverne , and have been buried . The greater part of these were taken up by dredging . The whole of the passengers saved have now returned to their respective homes . An extraordinary and melancholy circumstance in connexion with this disaster is related . A respectable man of Southmolton , in the north of Devon , named Pincombe , with his wife and six children , were passengers in the John , and all of them perished . It appears that Mr . Pincombe would have gone out in another ship , but , while corresponding with tho owner for the purpose of getting the passage-money reduced by 1 / ., the berths were all taken , and he was obliged to wait for the John . Stranding- op an Emigrant Vessel . —Last
Saturday morning , between 12 and 1 o ' clock , one of the Black Ball line of packets , named the Fortune , * on her passage from Liverpool to Australia , was driven into Dundrum Bay , with 290 pnssengers on board . The passengers , who arc composed chiefly of mcchanica , were in bed at-the time the vessel struck ; and such was the confusion , immediately after the alarm was given , that two of the emigrants lost their lives . Tho remainder of tho passengers were aafely landed . The Fortune , it appears , left Liverpool on Wednesday , on Her way for Sydney , Australia . She is a fine-looking three-masted vessel , and was driven in not far from the place whore tho Groat Britain was stranded in 184 G . A messenger was despatched to Belfast , to Lloyd's agent there , who arrived in Dundrum about 1 o ' clock on Saturday evening . Tho night was murky , and it blow a stiff ' breeze during tho whole of Friday night .
Our Civilisation. Suicidio.—An;Inqucst W...
OUR CIVILISATION . SuiciDio . —An ; inqucst was held on Monday on tho body of : John Dewdney , aged 6 ' 5 ) , a whitesmith , lately in . tho employ of Mr . Pearse , of Tottenham Court-roaxl , after whose death tho old man , who had an excellent character for sobriety and industry , wan reduced to ho miserable a stjito of want , that ho was forced to sell his clothes . At length ho applied for assistance to Mr . Birchmoro , tho relieving officer , who accused him of being a lazy fellow , and told him to go and put bin head under a cart-wheel . This proyed . v « ry muoJi upon his mind , and ho would ¦ weop bitterly wlionovor he mentioned it . Ho alAo told his , landlady ; and ' others-that "flint job would do . for Mm ; " Shortly ftftorwiwtlay lie hung himself . Ilehndilmd
a recommendation from one of the guardians ; but three loaves and two shillings'' -nie »» alL he had ever received . These facts were established by several witnesses ; but Mr . Birchmore denied them , and said that all the witnesses had perjured themselves . The assistant-overseer , however , confirmed the statements ; and the coroner , in summing-up , spoke severely of the conduct of the relieving officer . The jury then returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide by hanging while ul a state of temporary insanity , adding thereto their unanimous opinion that- the uncalled-for harsh expressions made use of by Mr . BirchmoEe , and the in - adequate relief given , combined with bis unfortunate circumstances , , caused John Dewdliey to commit suicide .
The Tragedy of the Needle-Workers . —At Worship-street , on Saturday , Elizabeth Gibbs , a careworn and 'emaciated / young woman , was placed at-the bar , charged with having unlawfully disposed of seven pairs of military trousers , the property of William Bull an outfitter , in Collingweod-street , Bethnal-green . In answer to the charge , the prisoner , who was painfully affected , assured the magistrate that , notwithstanding the severe privations to which- she had been subjected for a long time past , she had hitherto borne an irreproachable character , but that dire distress had induced her to pledge the trousers-. The work on which . she was employed wasofsueha laborious description , inconsequence of the extreme coarseness of the material , that she was unable to complete more than three pairs-of trousers-per day , and the remuneration > allowed her was
only at the rate of 2 id . a pair , which would fully account for the destitution to whieh she had been reduced . Two pawnbrokers were in attendance , who produced the articles' in question , whieh had been pledged in separate portions by the prisoner ; and both of them expressed their readiness to deliver up the property , and to forego any indemnification for the amount they had advanced upon it . The magistrate , therefore , ordered the woman to be discharged , expressing at the same time his- commiseration of her wretched life . This decision was audibly approved of by all present ; and the prisoner , who gratefully acknowledged the leniency with which she had been treated , left the court in tears . —The murderous work and murderous pay of these poou creatures involuntarily recal to our memory the too true conceit in poor Hood's " Song of the Shirt"
" Sowing at once with a double thread A shroud as well as a shirt . " A Lenient Ruffian . —Timothy Sullivan was on Monday charged at Worship-street with an assault . The complainant , a middle-aged woman named Stack , who held an infant in her arms , had her face swollen , and both her eyes , bruised , declined , upon being placed in the witness-box , to give evidence , saying she had exasperated the prisoner , and declaring that he had only struck her once . The magistrate reminded her that both her eyes were black ; and , on asking her how that could have been done with one blow , she declared , with manifest untruth , that her own brother had so injured her , and protested that she had no wish whatever to punish the
prisoner . A constable who captured the prisoner stated that on the road to the station he exclaimed that the injuries the woman received she richly deserved , and added that if he were troubled with her any longer , he would break her jaw . The complainant declared to him that the prisoner had come home intoxicated , and , without even uttering a word , had struck and kicked her brutalty , but that the woman then said nothing , as she now did , about her brother having assaulted her . When called upon for his defence the prisoner , with the coolest indifference , said ,- — " She got drunk , and aggravated me ; but I only hit her once on tho face , —that's all . " This considerate and forbearing gentleman , however , was sent to prison for four months , with hard labour .
Tnrc alleged Inckndiary Fire at Messrs . Scott Russell's . —Layton Edward Hopper was on Wednesday discharged , tho case not being sufficiently strong against him .
The Epsom Races, The Grand Equine Festiv...
THE EPSOM RACES , The grand equine festival of the Spring—the " May meeting" not for religious , but for sporting nncl pleasure-seeking , purposes—has again , come and gone ; and thousands have been found , for a few days , to forget their calamities in tho Crimea , to brush the fate of Ministries and tho struggles of parties out of mind during a brief space , and to enjoy " tho fun" as it was enjoyed in the halcyon days of peace . Again the railways have carried down their little armies of betting-men and idlers ; again " tho road" has presented its old features of struggling , fighting , gallopping , French-horn blowing , with " gents" and gentlemen emulating ono another in feats of charioteering ; again havo individuals of tho male specios " taken tho veil" for tho nonce—and for tho dust and glaro ; again havo the horses ilushcdi along tho course , like comets subjected to human mastery ; again have thousands of pounds changed hands in tho twinkling of an oyo ' ftndi tho running . of four logs ; again might wo seo tho loseraanourning , tho gainers triumphing ^ tho indifferent and unconcerned laughing ; again have tho thlmble-rigRora performed their feats of logcrdemaini ; and again has > ' * thoUerby" givcn . plaoe
to the more sober , composed , and aristocratic glonef of GOodwood- and Ascot ; Wednesday was a reararkable"day ^ so'Kemafckabfc that the Times has thought it necessary tocoimaetitoirate in a leading article the event wfcicfcr maddi * " 6 eta spicuous . We read therein ^—" The Derby day turned out a memorable- one * in-tfis Fasti of Epsom , We do not shrink from recording-the fact in columns usually dedicated to more important ! subjects , for one might be permitted to accept-the event as an omen . Ahorse—Wild Dayrell'is tfcirexcellent creature ' s name—the property of a gentleman not upott the turf , trained by his own groom , not by a professional trainer , and ridden by a jockey not a professional jockey , ' has actually been declared'Senior Wrangler in the great Horse Tripos . " "Without entering into the moral ' application , to statesmanship which the Thunderer goes on to make , we will append from another column of the . same paper a , more particular account of THE RACE .. " After taking their preparatory canter along : the straight , the horses returned to the paddock , and were in due time called to the post by Mr . Hibburd , the starter . The din of tongues in the betting enclosure was gradually hushed , and a . feverish , anxiety everywhere prevailed . " Flatterer jumped off with the lead , but had scarcely proceeded a hundred yards when Lord of the Isles went to the front , with Lord Alfred , Strood , Flatterer , Wild Dayrell , Kingstown , Cave Adullam , and Little Brownie , clustering up ; Dirk Hatteraick , Rylstone , andCourtenaj lying off . At the milepost Kingstown obtained tht lead , Wild Dayrell going on second , Lord of the Isles third , Lord Alfred fourth , and the Flatterer next . These positions were held to the distance , where Lord Alfred dropped back to the beaten horses , and in the next moment Wild Dayrell deprived Kingstown of the lead , and galloped home an easy winner by a length , the second beating the third by a head ; bad fourth . Corcebus and Courtenay were the next two . The others quite beaten off . " The attendance was large ; but not so large as ; on some previous occasions . The war , after all , had probably some effect . Until after the great race , the weather was cold and the sky oloudy ; but , towards evening , the sun broke out , and the country looked cheerful . THURSDAY . The Epsom Four-year-old Stakes of 50 sovs . each , h . ft . ; won by Marc Antony . The Two-year-old Stakes 10 sovs . each , with 50 added ; won by Sugarcane . The Grand Stand Plate of 100 sovs ., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs . each ; won by Veteran . Her Majesty ' s Plate of 100 guineas , for mares ; won by Ellermire . * The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs . each , with 30 added , for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; walked over by Allington . The Cobham Plate of 50 sovs . ( Handicap ) for all ages ; won by Duke of Lancaster . FRIDAY . The Oaks , won by the Marchioness . Members' Plate , won by Radulphus . Railway Plate , won by Rosaline . Foal Stakes , won by Escape . Foreign Visitors' Plate , won by Professor Airey . Derby and Oaks Stakes , won by Novice .
Miscellaneous. The Court.—Her Majesty An...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —Her Majesty and tho Royal Family havo removed for a week or two to the Isle of Wight . Earthquake in New Zealand . —Accounts havo been received from New Zealand to the 22 nd of January , which state that the shock of an earthquake had been experienced at New Plymouth . A Railway Accident of a serious character occurred at the Dudley Railway Station on Monday . At tho point in question , it appears that there is only ono lino of rails for tho up and down trains arriving from Worcester and Birmingham , and , in consequence of some failure in tho signals , two trains coming in opposito directions ran into each other , and inflicted serious injury upon no fewer than twenty passcngcra . JSo one , however , was killed , although one passenger was
dan-6 e Srr ; Kkpok-pku .-Joseph O'Leary aged about sixty , who , it appeared was a police reporter for ^ rs ^ S . ri / rs ^ v ^ r ^ j ^ ^«^ ° 5 irrs- -sis : "" Jsf « AMA—The trial of tho diggers taken prisonera at Ballamt commenced on tho 22 nd of February ; but , verdicts of acquittal having been returned in two cases , the Attornoy-Uemsral declared' hu had no confidence in the jury , and refused to proceed with tho trial ol tfco other prisoners that session . Dkownkd in . aTijh . —An inquest lum been hold at Whitby , on the body of Thomas Lund , a journeyman
Mat 26, 1855.] The Leader. 431
Mat 26 , 1855 . ] THE LEADER . 431
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Leader (1850-1860), May 26, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26051855/page/11/
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