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Life Of A "Man About Town." A Case Illus...
ffoing- to remain a few days in London , and thence going to Clifton , and from thence to Scotland . Date your letter , don't tout it in an envelope , for the post mark will be necessary to show , and then they may put their capias . — This done you may safely come , there will be only Barry , and that I , will settle to-morrow . So come Upon receipt , and don't mind Bennett . I'll answer for your safety . , " I have been again crippled ; I am in anything but good health . I'll get Bennett to give money to take your horses to Inverness . Adieu till we meet . " Ever yours , "J . O'B . "I had to give bail for 3 , 0002 . George Payne acted n 6 bly for me . ** .,, ' ,, " EveryourB , "J . O'B . "
He then continued— " L will swear that the-cap of his kneo actually was broken . I have not written any anonymous letters about defendants . I decline to answer whether I have been a party to their being written . I know Mr . George Wood , and have known him for twenty years . I have never played with him . I never won 3000 J or 4000 ? . from him . Going over a period of twenty-two years I do not recollect challenging any one for accusing me of cheating at cards . I was never charged by him with cheating him , and never challenged him . I have never challenged any one of whom I have won money . I fought one or two duels while in Trinity College . I will take my oath I have challenged nobody for fifteen years . I never challenged a person who refused to pay me a sum of money during the last fourteen or fifteen years . In my
earlier days duels were as common as possible . I can only speak to the best of my knowledge and belief . I Cannot swear to twenty-five years ago . I have been a defaulter for 6000 Z . or 7000 Z ., which I owe yet , but my debts probably will be paid . This was in 1847 . I am not now a member at Tattersall ' s , for no defaulter can be a member . I never said in the presence of Adam Glen , landlord of the White Bear , that I would break the neck of John Davis . I assaulted a person of the name of Scott six or seven years ago . He brought an action agapast me , and I had to pay 1001 . and 2001 . costs . X am now living at the Talbot . I neverplayed cards in my ife- —that is , I am not a professional player , nor have I played for lagre sums . I have never won 1000 ? . or 500 L at dearie " . I believe I know the brother of a man
named CaUty , who was transported , but I have never been charged with cheating in his company . Another person named Fecfor lent me 2001 . I never paid him , for he never asked it of me . I think he meant it as a gift . We were intimate at Paris . I made no threat against him of any kind . I got the money from him at Fenton ' s Hotel . He gave me a cheque for the money . I did know Mr . Beaumont . I got , I should think , 13 , 000 Z . or 14 , 0002 . from him as presents of various kinds . He is now dead , but was a gentleman of great property . He was a great per ¦ ¦ sonal friend of mine . I met him at Borne , Naples , and
other places , and used to go in his yacht , and was very intimate up to the time of his death . I had a duel with a Mr . Somers , and was wounded ; he was member for Sligo . This must be twenty years ago . I was in the Queen ' s Bench in 1836 , for six or eight weeks . In that year I took the benefit of the Insolvent Act ; subsequently I received some moneys , and allocated them to the payment of the debts in my schedule , and I believe all entitled to be paid were paid 20 s . in the pound . I was arrested again last year , and was in gaol seven months . "
Several bystanders on the occasion of the assault , testified to having seen O'Brien severely thrashed by the two Davises , and the jury having found them guilty , they were sentenced to a fine of 501 . each , the judge commenting on the line of defence that had been adopted , namely , ' < attempting to throw dirt on Mr . O'Brien ' s character" by reckless imputations which they did not even attempt to substantiate . The two brothers then entered into their own recognizances of 1001 . each , to appear on the 5 tli of April , at Clerkemvell , to receive formal judgment .
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Child Murders. Jane Gbaham, A Single Wom...
CHILD MURDERS . Jane Gbaham , a single woman , who had boon keeping house for her fathor , a lampblack manufacturer , at South Shore , Gateshcad , was charged at Newcastle on Friday week with attempting to drown her child , a boy about seventeen months old , in a pond near Benton Bank . The first , witness , Ralph Chapman , said that on the previous day Jane Graham had passed him near the bridg e at Long Bonton with a child in her arms , and throe or four minutes afterwards she passed him again without it . This oxcitod bin suspicions : ho called a man named Robinson , and they wont together to the place whore Chapman had scon her . On looking over the fence on tho side of tho road they at onco saw tho child about six or seven foot off , " moaning and clinging to tho side of tho pond , and seeming much exhausted . " As soon as they had taken tho child out of tho pond , they wont in search of tho mother , and soon overtook her . Boforo any question was asked , she said , " That ' s my child—give it mo . " Tho pond wan about three foot deep , and us thoro was a high , wooden railing between it and tho . road , tho , child must havo boon pitched over . Jano Graham declared that a man named John Taylor , a grocer ' fl assistant , was tho fathor of tho child , and hud thrown it into tho pond , and that' hIio was waiting for an opportunity to tako it out again . No such person was known in tho neighbourhood . Sho was committed for trial at tho noxt aunizos . A married woman , named Solina Rider , was committed for trial by tho magistrates of Derby on Saturday , upon a charge of having wilfully murdorcd her illegitimate child , named Martha Sudbury , by casting it into tho Dorwont . Tho body was found in tho rivoron Wednesday , with a Hiring tiod round its waist , to which a brick , rolled up in a handkerchief , was attached . Tho woman protested hor innoeonce , but tho evidence against her appeared to bo conclusive .
A labouring man , named John Cannon , residing at Boyn Hill , near Maidenhead , has for the last two . years taken as a lodger a relative of his wife , named Isaac Lee , who has always shown certain indications of weak intellect . / On the morning of Tuesday week he cruelly murdered a little girl about four years oldj , a grandchild of John Cannon ' s , by knocking its head against the floor , and kicking it about the room ., Lee wa & taken before the magistrates at Maidenhead on Friday , and committed for'trial at * the next Berkshire assizes .
An inquest was held at Cork on Wednesday week on the body of a girl four years old , named Catherine Swiney , the child of a man named Edward Swinesy , who lived in Simmon ' s-lane , and , having been out of employment , had been for some time supported by the charity of the Society of St . Vincent de Paul . On Tuesday , wiile Swine / s wife was out of the house , he strangled the child by tying a skein of black thread tightly roumTher throat . The child was found lying dead in the cradle with the string round its neck * Swiney was arrested by two men , who lived in the same house , at Cunningham ' s public-house , near Patrick ' s-bridge . He was then given into the custody of Constable Geale , to whom , although cautioned against saying anything , he This state
stated that it was he who strangled the child . - ment he repeated when taken to the Tuckey-street guardhouse . The motive of the deed cannot be conjectured . A verdict of wilful murder Tvas returned by tho jury . Swiney who appeared quite indifferent during the course of the proceedings , was then removed to the city gaol . William Gildon , a decent , quiet-looking mechanic , was tried before Mr . Justice Talfourd , at Exeter , on Monday , for the wilful murder of John Thomas , aged two years , the illegitimate son of his wife , who had lived _ with them at Marychurch since their marriage . During his wife's absence on the evening of the 5 th of March , Gildon called two of the neig hbours to look at the child , saying that it had been suddenly taken ill . They found the child in bed , sobbing and groaning faintly , blood flowing from its mouth , and blood on the bed . Gildon was much confused , but
readily agreed to send for the surgeon , Mr . Appleton . In the meantime his wife returned , and Gildon said to her , whilst giving expression to her deep grief for the child , "Silence ! what are you making that noise about ? You deserve a good horsewhipping . " When in custody the prisoner said to hisJatherTin-law , that if it had not been for Ann ' s ( meaning his wife ) long tongue , the neighbours would . not have known anything at all about ik Mr . Appleton , the surgeon , found the child in a dying state , and when he called the next morning the boy was dead . Tn his evidence on the trial Mr . Appleton declared that the child's death was caused by blows upon the right temple and side of the head , such as would be produced by a man ' s fist . The jury acquitted Gildon of the charge of murder , but found him guilty of manslaughter . Mr . Justice Talfourd told Gildon he had had a narrow escape of his life . He was astonished at the verdict , but would sentence him io the severest punishment possible—transportation for life .
Miscellaneous. The Queen Is Expected To ...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen is expected to visit Winchester Cathedral and College about the 10 th or 11 th of June next . It is said that our Queen will be visited by her blind cousin , the King of Hanover , about the beginning of May . A memorial to the Queen , praying for tho subjection of nunneries to regular inspection , has been forwarded for presentation to the Earl of Shaftesbury , signed by 20 , 140 of tho women of Glasgow . Mr . John C . King , delega > t ed by the colony of Victoria , presented the first address to the Queen that has ever been carried to England by an Australian colonist , at the levee on Wednesday . The principal cold fields of Australia ore
situated in the colony of Victoria , and the address is expressive of tho attachment of tho inhabitants to tho Sovereign , and thoir gratitude for the erection of , the province into a separate colony , " under Her Majesty ' s Royal name . " Mr . King was presonted by Sir John Pakington . Tho Builder announces that Mr . Pugin , tho architect , is in a state of mind that prevents any attention to professional pursuits . It is reported that Lord Beaumont and his sister , tho Hon . Miss Stoploton , havo seceded from tho Church of Rome . Tho Hon . Mr . Stapleton , brother to Lord Beaumont , became a member of tho Church of England a year and a half ago . Lady Beaumont , a daughter of Lord Kilmnino , always has been a Protestant .
Mr . Sheriff Swift , at tho Quoon ' s loveo , hold on Thursday tho 26 th of February last , caused to bo presented to hor Majesty a Roman Catholic priest , as his chaplain , under tho stylo and title of " tho Very Revorond Monsignoro Seavlo ; " and thL ? Jfrpal dignitary paraded himself at Court in coloured « Pcs , fan taut io stockings , and all tho gaudincss of ullramontano millinery . The adoption of tho ntylc of " Monsignoro" * was in direct violation of tho wellknown regulations of this country , wliich require a license from tho Crown to assume " foreign titles , " and in tho Gazette of Tuesday tho following paragraph was published " Lord Chamborlain ' s-omco , March 23 . —Notice is hero * by g iven , that tho presentation to tho Quoon at tho loveo On Thursday , tho 20 th of February last , of tho Very Rov . Monsignoro Searlo , is cancelled , that title having boon assumed without tho required authority . "
Marty Of Tho Sightseers Who Visit Tho No...
Marty of tho sightseers who visit tho Now Houses of Parliament ought to bo informed that tho orders issued by tho Lord Groat Chamberlain now admit , not only to tdo House of Poors , but to tho Control-hall , St . Stophon'shall , Wostminstor-hall , tho Royal Gallery , tho Victoria Towor , and tho Royal Staircase . Tho public wore on Monday , for the first time sinco ita erection , admitted into tho Crystal Palaco without any charge . During tho day moro than 80 , 000 visitors availed themHclvoa of tho privilege afforded by the contractors . Tho gutter ice and tho wholo area of tho building from end to end wore carefully oxplorod by numbers who had never
been there before , and their companions ' xatehi b « io «» j eagerly explaining to them where the more DromjS objects of the Exhibition stood . The groups ffS naders , of ev ^ cW from the peer to the labourer ? and the crowds of children playing about without indonveni ence , suggested how easily so vast a covered space 3 be adapted for purposes of limocent and healthful reSIa
A Numerous Meeting Was Held At The Music...
A numerous meeting was held at the Music Hall , Stow street , on Tuesday evening , in aid of the Early Closini movement , the Reverend Thomas Dale , Vicar of St Pan eras , in the chair . Resolutions vete passed condemning the present system of late hours in the retaa trades anS pledging those present who were employers or customers to do their utmost to carry out early closing . In pursuance of a requisition from a large number of citizens the Lord Mayor convened aCommon HaH , for the purpose of considering the principle of the Bill now before Parliament foiv extending the municipal franchise to all persons who paid taxes as Parliamentary electors , and who had resided for a year and a day in the city . On Wednesday , the appointed day , the Liverymen : mustered in thn
truudhall to the number of about six hundred , and vehemently protested by their spokesmen , Messrs . Flanders citizen and " lorimer ; " Clarke , " mercer ; " Taylor and Pearce , " plumbers ; " Sangster , " spectacle-maker ; " and Jones , " turner , "—against " giving away the privileges of the Livery to a foreign body , who tad no right to such immunities ; " and they almost drowned Deputy Harrison ' s speech , who proposed a resolution in favour of the intended Municipal Reform , witlrgrbans , ironical cheersj and loud cries of disapprobation . The original resolution' was lost , and an amendment condemning the Bill ( which has now passed the second reading in Parliament ) was carried by an overwhelming majority ,- and amidst tremendous cheering . '
At a meeting of the vestry of Matylebone on Saturday , Mr . Hodges moved for a committee on the subject of the tax of Is . Id . per ton levied by the City of London on all coals within a circuit-of twenty miles , and also the toll of 2 d . on every tradesman ' s cart entering the city . The motion was founded on a memorial from the Ratepayers ' Protection Association . The memorialists complained that the City of London should possess this pr ivilege of taxing all the ratepayers of the metropolitan districts , and of expending the money in City improvements . The City of London had only a rental of 80 O , O 00 Z ., while that of Marylebone was more than a million . Marylebone had a
thousand more houses than the City ; andi eight hundred more public gas-lights . According to the calculation of the speakers , Marylebone pays annually to the City of London a tax of 7 , 336 ? . per annum for their cpals ; and taking into consideration the difference in the price of gas caused by the tax , the entire burden imposed by the City privileges amounted to 10 , 366 ? . per annum . After some discus-Bion , in which Sir Peter Laurie defended the City corporation , the resolution was carried Unanimously , and Sir Peter Laurie , Mr . Brass , Mr . Gray , Mr , Hodges , and Mr . Hume , M . P ., were appointed a committee .
The Leicestershire Papers Say, That So M...
The Leicestershire papers say , that so many Meltomans are appointed to the new ministry , that the metropolis of the hunting world is in a most deplorable state of dulness . The report of the Liverpool Female Penitentiary , which ^ was laid before the subscribers on Monday , stated that during the forty-one years that havo elapsed since tho Penitentiary was founded , five hundred and thirty-fivo females had : been enabled to return to a course of industry and virtue on leaving the institution , while many had boon restored to their parents and friends . A large extension of tho institution had lately been made , chiefly with tho
view of making the labour of the inmates moro productive The receipts had not been sufficient to meet thia ° u « y > and in tho course of the year they had been compelled to refu 8 e fifty-two out of a hundrod and sixteen applicants for admission . . Tho Great Britain steam-ship raado her first trial trip on Monday , after her long imprisonment in the Liverpool Docks . She went out of dock at noon , having on board a numerous company , among whom were Mr . Samuel Bri ght , Captain Claxton , R . N ., Mr . F . P . Smith , the original patentee of tho screw propeller , Messrs . Barman and Pcnn , the builders of tho Great Britain ' s engines , and other gentlemen connected with the vessel s recent alterations . Shn was loudlv Greeted bv tho choors ot me
multitudes congregated on the pier-heads and 'anamgstago , and steamed down to Holy hond , a route ot 41 iioao * seventy miles , in five hours and forty minutes . Alter » short delay sho proceeded on her trip , " which it is purposed shall occupy outwardly twenty-four hours . ^ Bnin . " Mathews and tho managing engineer aro perfectly satisfied with hor performances and behaviour . _ .. When tho 6 o ' clock train from Norwich arrived at too Flordon stalion on Saturday evening , thp paascngcrs w ^ much HurpriBcd at sooing a clorgyman in full ctt " ° . " standing in tho passage of tho station house . luu v \ tho Rev . Mr . Moore , tho curato of tho parish ; * w & bouring magistrato had given him somo offonco ; nc ' expected to arrivo by tl » i « train , and tho curate was w ing to " curse " . him . While tho doomed individual i stationmaster tho Jt
giving up his tickot to tho - , oy . Mooro rtius addressed him : "Tinflict a cUreo upon w » ^ man . I cui-ho you ; I curso your wife ; I our J ® . V L d havo—may your children bo iathcxlem and vagabonufl , beg their bread ; " nnd continued hifl execrations witn » x ^ vivacity and varioty until tho " eursod man" { '" tho Tho reverend gentleman , in default of ;««* £ & £ Oa ^ tlo , poiico , was committed on , Sunday night to JN orwiici ty Edward Howes , JZB \ Tho wholo matter has also reported to tho Bishop of tho diocese . , ¦ pJ ncory , John Soaly Townsond , a Retired Master m ljjjj } and one of flio ornaments of tho Irish bar m wo ^ its greatest brilliancy , died , at his rosidonco , w * l " ' ji 0 Dublin , on the 18 th inst ., afc Uw wdvanocd «»« o ™ ° ^ rft n , was tho contemporary and competitor ot rw * ovv ' Saurin , Busho , Ponnofuthor , & o .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27031852/page/10/
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