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INCENDIARY FIRE8. On the evening of Satu...
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MURDERS AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS. The body...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The morning papers of Mon...
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The Lord Chancellor continues to improve...
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The Madrid journals say that all the mem...
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The French Government has received accou...
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102 ®&E %* &X*T. [Sattoday,
102 ®& e % * & X * t . [ Sattoday ,
Incendiary Fire8. On The Evening Of Satu...
INCENDIARY FIRE 8 . On the evening of Saturday last , about ten o ' clock , a fire was discovered at an out-farm belonging to our . Allen , farmer , of Chalkshire , in the parish of Ellesborough . Assistance was rendered , and the damage was restricted to the destruction of a rick of peas andanck of beans . This is the fourth fire that has occurred upon Mr . Allen ' s premises in a comparatively short time , and all , there is no doubt , the work of some vile incendiary . Mil * l # *&«^* ** « O MA \* ViVVH ^^ J «»••¦*» - — ___ . 1 •* 1-. — . — . -- •_ -. who hbeen
A man of the name of Thomas Eames , as m his employ as a carter for the last thirty years , has been taken up on suspicion . — Bucks Herald . A fire broke out at Landbeach on Saturday evening last , on the premises of Mr . John Adams , farmer . It began on a quantity of straw , which was soon all consumed . It then burnt a shed containing ten calves , which they rescued with great difficulty , as the flames surrounded the shed at the time . We are sorry to add the offender is not at present found out . —Cambrtdgeshzre
Chronicle . . The village of Milton , near Abingdon , was alarmed on Wednesday evening by the outbreak of a fire on the premises of Mr . Coombs , of Milton . About half-past nine o ' clock a wheat rick was discovered to be in names , which quickly c ommunicated with another rick of a similar kind , and both were consumed . — Oxford Journal . At D ry Dray ton , in Cambridgeshire , a fire broke out on the farm premises on Tuesday week , and consumed a considerable quantity of wheat , barley , beans , hay , and other farm produce . The stack was said to be lighted in such a direction as to bear evidence of intention to set
fire to the house . This is the fifth attempt to fire the premises within six months . At Lanbeach , in the same county , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . C . Money , but was extinguished before it had done much damagethe third attempt in that neighbourhood within a few weeks . " At Bentley Mill , Southweald , " says the Norfolk Chronicle , " the fiendish work of an incendiary was again manifest in the destruction of the whole of the farm buildings , part of two stacks of hay , and about twenty quarters of wheat . " At Street Farm , in Somersetshire , an incendiary fire , on Monday week , destroyed between sixty and seventy tons of hay .
Murders And Murderous Assaults. The Body...
MURDERS AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS . The body of T . George , a young man about eighteen years of age , was found in a barn , near Frome , last week , with his throat cut .- The first supposition was that he had committed suicide , but on more careful examination it became evident that he had been murdered . From the manner in which the wound in the throat was inflicted , the surgeons who examined the body were decidedly of opinion that it must have been inflicted by that his skull had
some one else . It further appeared been fractured in front by a blow , and that his pockets had been rifled ; the mark of bloody fingers was also found on his clothes , although his hands were perfectly clean . Suspicion fell upon Henry Hiller , a labourer on the same farm , who had been heard to say that he wished Tom George were killed out of the way , as he could not bear the sight of him . This man was taken before the magistrates at Frome , and the evidence against him was such as to warrant his being committed to prison on the charge of murder .
_ A man named Saint , who had been drinking all last week , went home on Friday evening and ordered his wife to prepare a steak and onions for supper . She told him she had no money , and upbraided him for his loose conduct ; upon which he became furious , threatened to kill her , and then murder himself . With great difficulty she pacified him ; and he went to bed , and she sat down to work . While she was so employed her husband came oUnUinlir lmhinrl nnrl atrunlc her on the head with the stealthily behind and struck her on the head witu the
poker . She became insensible ; and when she recovered he was standing over her with an open razor in his hand . She screamed for assistance ; he struck her again , and swore he would " do for her , " but fortunately some of her neighbours came to her assistance . The cowardly fellow was taken before Mr . Hardwick , at Marlboroughstrcet Police Office on Saturday , and ordered to pay a fine of £ 5 or to be imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction .
_ __ _ _ One Wallace , a publican in Liverpool , attempted to murder his wife last week . For some weeks previous his conduct had been so violent , that she put his razors out of the way , lest he should use them against her life . On Tuesday night , the inmates of the house were alarmed by screams from Wallace ' s bed-room . The door was bolted , but they burst it open : they found Mrs . Wallace lying on the floor bleeding ; her husband , stark naked , was kicking her furiously . When told that he it kicked her
had killed her , he said " I meant to do . I on the jugular , and I am sorry I had not my boots on , for then I should have killed her . " The man has been committed for trial on a charge of aggravated assault . _ Charles Holden , who gave himself up to the police lately , on his own confession of having murdered a woman twenty years ago , now denies that there were any grounds for his statement . He had been drinking nnd was not quite right in the head when he made the confession . Of course he has been discharged ,
Bennison , an Irishman residing in Leith-walk , a Weslcyan Methodist remarkable for his piety and " gifts of extempore prayer , " has been arrested on a charge of having poisoned his wife . About seven weeks ago Bennison purchased a quantity of arsenic from a druggist in the Kirkgate , at Lcith , on the pretence of killing rats , although none have been seen about his house for years . Soon after his wife ' s death , he culled on the druggist , and requested him and his wife not to mention that he had purchased the arsenic , for there might lie some found in his wife ' s stomach , but , " so help him , God , " he did not put it there . On the Monday previous to his wile ' s death , he enrolled her name in a burial-club ; by which he was entitled to receive ( SI . on her death . Another case of a m . u . r . 4 or ° us assault upon a young
woman by Michael Murphy , a man with whom she lived , took place on Tuesday evening . Ann Leary , the woman , had been compelled to leave Murphy because he had pledged every thing she had , and reduced her to destitution . On Tuesday night she met him in Tooley-street , and because she could give him no money to drink , he felled her to the ground with a stick , and began to kick her on the head . Fortunately some persons came to her assistance , or she would have been murdered . Murphy was taken into custody , and brought before the magistrate at Southwark on Wednesday . He excused himself by saying that he was drunk at the time ; and was remanded for a week .
Miscellaneous. The Morning Papers Of Mon...
MISCELLANEOUS . The morning papers of Monday contained a statement that the members of the Cabinet , the Lord Chancellor , and the Archbishop of Canterbury had received notice that their attendance at the palace would probably be required during the night , to witness the birth of a royal child . The rumour appears to have been premature , as the Queen is reported to have taken a drive m an open carriage each afternoon this week . Prince Albert has subscribed £ 50 towards the erection of a chapel for the use of " the inmates of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum . " _ . Princess Alicethe
Thursday being the birthday of the , Duchess of Kent paid a visit of congratulation to the Queen , at an early hour , at Buckingham Palace . At five o ' clock in the afternoon her Majesty received a small juvenile party , comprising the younger members of the families of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland , the Duke and Duchess of Argyll , Lord and Lady Blantyre , Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer , and Colonel the Hon . C . B . and Mrs . Phipps . The Queen , accompanied by the royal children , received her youthful visitors in the saloon , in which the juveniles danced , and afterwards proceeded to the library , where refreshments were served . The juvenile party left the palace soon after seven o ' clock .
The birthday of the Duchess of Gloucester also fell on Thursday , on which occasion she received congratulatory visits from the Duchess of Kent and the junior members of the Royal Family . The royal Duchess went to Kew , and paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge . The nobility and gentry called during the day at Gloucester House , and left their names for her Royal Highness . In the evening the Duke of Cambridge dined with the Duchess of Gloucester . The Queen of the Belgians , accompanied by the
Duchess of Orleans , with the Comte de Paris and the Duke de Chartres , and attended by a numerous suite , arrived at Dover on Thursday , from Ostend . On disembarking they proceeded to the railway terminus , where a special train was in readiness to convey them , via the South-Eastern Railway , to Reigate , and thence , by the Reigate and Guildford Railway , to the Esher station of the South-Western Railway , where the Count and Countess de Neuilly , the Duke and Duchess de Nemours , and the Duke d ' Aumale were in attendance to receive their relatives , whom they accompanied to
Claremont . The Prince of Leiningen arrived at the residence of the Duchess of Kent , Clarence-house , St . James's , on Thursday evening , from the Continent . On Thursday last Louis Philippe and the ex-Queen , accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and one of their children , left Kemp Town on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond , at Goodwood . Several persons had assembled at the station for the purpose of seeing the royal exiles , their intended visit to Goodwoodpark having been made known in the neighbourhoodthe day before . A private carriage of the Duke of Richmond was in waiting to convey the royal party to Goodwood . On their way to the carriage the spectators cried " Vive le Roi . " The King took off his hat , and , bowing to the assemblage , expressed himself obliged for the kind reception of himself and family . The cry of " Vive le Roi" was renewed as the carriage drove off . —Brighton Gazette .
The Lord Chancellor Continues To Improve...
The Lord Chancellor continues to improve in health . He is now strong enough to hear counsel at his house , in Park-lane , on such matters as are represented to be of pressing interest ; but no day has yet been named for the commencement of the public sittings . Viscount Godcrich has just left London on a continental tour , and it is said that he intends to be absent from England six months . We regret to learn that the Marquis of Clanricarde is suffering from an attack of illness . Lord Holland has arrived at Holland House from Paris . His lordship is suffering from indisposition .
The Marquis of Northampton has written home from the cataracts of Syene , the pass between Egypt and Nubia , requesting that he may be nominated a membc : of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London . He was accordingly elected a member at the last meeting of the society . The Earl of Ellesmere sailed from Portsmouth in his schooner , the Ermina , on Wednesday , with a party of five gentlemen , who accompany him on a voyage to the Mediterranean , whither lie has gone for the benefit of his health .
Lord Brougham , who has become quite a Nitnrod in his old ago , is about to convert some of his estate near Brougham-hall into a deer park , the high walls of which are making rapid progress towards completion . It will be stocked by deer from Lowther . An address from the leader of the Oxford circuit bar , on behalf of that body , congratulating Lord Campbell on his elevation to the office of Lord Chief Justice of England , was presented to his lordship before the close of the last Gloucester assizes . In reply he expressed his gratification at finding that ho wag still remembered favourably
by his old associates , and said his first choice of a circuit should be the Oxford . The Reverend the Earl of Guilford has , it is stated , given the tenants of the livings of St . Mary ' s , Southampton , and of Alresford , in Hampshire , notice to terminate their leases at Michaelmas next ; and it is expected that his curates in those livings will shortly receive notices to terminate their engagements at the same time . Hence it is inferred that the reverend earl contemplates resigning his benefices at that time . —Daily News .
The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand ball on Wednesday evening at Devonshire-house , which was attended by nearly all the leading members of the aristocracy at present in town . The Duchess of Marlborough died , on Saturday , at Mivart ' s Hotel , where the family had arrived only a few weeks since from Blenheim Palace . She had been confined , of a still-born infant some five weeks ago , and was considered to be rapidly advancing towards recovery . A severe mental shock about a fortnight since affected so powerfully the nervous system that she never rallied , and finally sank under its influence at an early hour on Saturday morning .
Lord Gough was admitted a member of the Goldsmith ' s Company on Wednesday , and in the evening a grand banquet " was given in honour of the occasion in the Goldsmiths ' -hall , at which the Duke of Wellington , Lord Stanley , the Bishop of London , Lord Hardinge , Sir James Graham , and a number of other noblemen and gentlemen were present . The Emperor of Austria has conferred upon Captain Duckett the " gold medal" of Austria , as a mark of his approbation of the " German Part" of his Technological Military Dictionary . F . R . Jackson , Esq ., has received the appointment of President of the Money Order Department in the General Post-office , in the room of Wm . Barth , Esq ., deceased .
The Madrid Journals Say That All The Mem...
The Madrid journals say that all the members of the royal family of Spain are to be permitted to enter Madrid before the Queen ' s delivery . A Spanish journal ( the Pais ) mentions a report that Prince Louis Napoleon has demanded in marriage one of the Infantas , the sister of the King-Consort of Spain . April 20 was Louis Napoleon ' s birthday . His age is forty-three . The Cologne Gazette says that the services of Haynau , like those of Jellachich , are to be rewarded by the gift of lands in Hungary .
Baron de Menneval , formerly private secretary of the Emperor Napoleon , died at Paris on Friday evening , in the seventy-third year of his age . The widow of Marshal Blucher , whose name is as familiar in England as in Germany , died on the 16 th instant , at an advanced age , at her residence in Berlin . It is stated that the marriage of the Prince Meiningen with Princess Charlotte of Prussia is to be celebrated by splendid fetes , to be given by their Majesties , as well as by Prince Albrecht . The ceremony will take place early next month . The Sardinian Commissary , Major-General De La Rocca , sent to demand the hand of the Princess Elizabeth , second daughter of Prince John of Saxony , went through the official ceremony on the 18 th inst .
The Emperor of Austria and the Imperial Family will go to Schonbrunn on the 28 th . It is said that the Emperor has presented his uncle , the Emperor Ferdinand , with a valuable estate in Bohemia . The coronation is to take place on the 18 th of August . After the last representation of the Huguenots , in the Italian Opera at St . Petersburgh , Madame Grisi was recalled before the curtain , and presented , in the name of the public , with a diadem of the value of 10 , 000 roubles . The Emperor also sent presents to all the artists who took part in the performance .
The French Government Has Received Accou...
The French Government has received accounts from Switzerland to the effect that M . Mazzini refuses to quit that country , notwithstanding the reiterated orders of the Government . The French Government threatens that if the Swiss Government cannot enforce its orders , other powers will do so in its stead . A proposition , signed by nearly two hundred representatives , has been presented to the French Assembly to the effect that the 200 , 000 francs ( £ 8000 ) , destined for the fetes of the 4 th of May , shall be distributed to the soldiers wounded at the catastrophe at Angers , and to the families of those who are dead . The Voix du Peuple denies the romantic story , so largely placarded over Paris , that M . Leclerc , the Legitimist candidate , having , at the insurrection of June , carried home from the barricades his son pierced with seventeen bullets , and having immediately brought back his second son to take his brother ' s place . The only true part of the story is this . " M . Leclerc was carrying off his wounded son , when a second ball killed him in his arms at the Porte St . Denis . He reached at length the house of George Leclerc , Rue Poissoniere , 33 , where he remained with his wife with the body until it was interred , and he took no part in the combat either alone or with his second or his third son , both of whom had been absent at the moment of their brother ' s death . " Diplomatic relations have been resumed between Austria and the Porte .
The Saxon Chambers have decided by an overwhelming majority to grant to the Government the ordinary as weil as the extraordinary taxes until the end of Auuusk The National Gazette of Berlin announces that Russia insists upon the re-incorporation of Schleswig-Holstem with Denmark ; and threatens immediate intervention if this be not complied with . The Vienna Gazette of the 13 th instant announces forty-eight more sentences by the Arad courts-martial . Of these twenty-two are to death , one commuted to twenty years' imprisonment , heavily ironed . The re-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 27, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27041850/page/6/
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