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July 28,1855.] THE !L E A D E B. 713
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THE POLICE INQUIRY. ijfeg Commission of ...
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OUR CIVILISATION. ASSIZK CASKS. Burglary...
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BCROIARY AND ATTK3CPTED MURDER AT PlMLIC...
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NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. The Military Co...
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THE FRENCH LOAN. . According to letters ...
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July 28,1855.] The !L E A D E B. 713
July 28 , 1855 . ] THE ! L E A D E B . 713
The Police Inquiry. Ijfeg Commission Of ...
THE POLICE INQUIRY . ijfeg Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the Wic 6 ***• received , a large mass of additional evi' aence , which confirms the previous accounts of the wanton brutality of the constables ( often to people who jjad committed no offence whatever ) , and the savage excitement of Mr . Inspector , or Superintendent , Hughes , ^ fho seemed , said a witness , pale with passion . One person was struck with such violence that the blow was jUMUrd ten yards off . In Park-street , the police made a jjaflrien charge at the people , and there was a cry of ) fBan for your lives ! " In the park , the people were ibjnetimea met by different bodies of police in opposite dire ctions , and were driven backwards and forwards . " I jhoald « ay , " remarked a witness , " the police had been drinking something stronger than water . " A degree of difficulty in taking the constables' numbers arose from the Bcroll-work on the men ' s collars ; and one policeman jtold a young man that if he attempted to take his number , he -would arrest him for intimidatiug the police in the discharge of their duty . Mr . Charles Bradlaugh , ' however , succeeded in intimidating some of the conjEftbles . He seized hold of a policeman ' s truncheon , and threatened to knock him down-and he afterwards did the sune thing with two others . The people were so pleased with this act of courage , that they carried him about , cheering . But the brutality of the officers was continued even in the police cells . Some of the prisoners complained that they had not had any food for twenty-four hoars ; and they were told that the rule is that none is given , without payment , for forty-eight hours . If
ibis be the cose , it is a most disgraceful rule . Tho case against the police having been concluded , evidence in their favour was received , atul on Tuesday Sir Richard Mayne was examined , lie produced some of the half-hourly returns sent to him from Mr . Hughes on the 1 st of July , and from these it would seem that the disturbance was of the slightest kind , almost entirely confined to the people making a noise . At half-post four , Sir Richard ordered the police to " act vigorously . " Of Str . Hughes the witness spoke very highly , and mentioned that he had been five-and-twenty years in the force ; but admitted that he had once been fined 40 s . for entering a house and arresting a person without a warrant , and had been complained against for preventing the people entering a certain door in Chelsea Hospital during the lying in state of the Duke of Wellington .
Sir Richard Mayne , on Wednesday , denied the assertion that , on account of the war , there have lately been many fresh men ; yet it appeared that 822 were token on in 1854 . With respect to the opinion which has been lately expressed , to the effect that there are a great many Irishmen in the force , Sir Richard stated the proportion to have been as followa at the close of lost vear : — 4 , 416 English , 145 Scotch , and 370 Irish . —After Sir Bichard had concluded his evidence , several witnesses were called , who deposed to the forbearance of the police and the rough character of the mob ; but it was admitted that the truncheons were used .
Our Civilisation. Assizk Casks. Burglary...
OUR CIVILISATION . ASSIZK CASKS . Burglary . —William . fessop , Benjamin Jessop , and James Ransomo , were indicted at Chdinsford for a burgbry in the house of Thomas Rumball , a farmer . Mr . Bnmball , who is eighty-four years of age , was awakened between two and three o ' clock on the morning of the 28 th of April by his bedroom window being broken fll , and by the entrance of four men . lie got out of Wd , took a cutlass , and went towards the men ; but Uw weapon was wrested from him , and he was knocked flown and cut over the fnce , though not very seriously . Hb daughter came to his assistance , but was also Knocked down , and cut about the head and hand . Miss
itambalTs nicco likewise entered tho room , and was wfad by her aunt for a light . Upon saying she could X > t find a lucifer , William Jessop , according to her account , said , " Here's a lucifer , " ami gave her one—an £ & on the improbability of which the counsel for tho $ iSa © a did not fail to comment . Mr . Rumball , being jjptehenslve for his life , consented to show the burglars Where his money was to be found ; and they took a wfc of sovereigns , and a pocket-book containing u 10 / . Wii All the prisoners were identified ; but Miss Bamball had some doubt with respect to Ransomc ^ w flnrt time « ho saw him after tlio robbery . On fWsecond occasion , she stated that nho felt nure , he , was
wot the thieves . Mr . Justice Wightman , however . , MW there was not sufficient evidence to convict him , •« WHje was therefore acquitted . The two JesHops were . JgM *" Gtailty , and sentenced to fifteen yearn' trausporta-JW . Mr . Kumball mentioned that thin was the third ! «•• Ma house had been broken into and robbed within '« wto » teighteen months . ^ T'fo other cases of burglary wore then investigated ( J * few the same jury , nnd tho prisoner * were convicted . oWWtf burglaries l > a \ o been lately committed in l'lssex ? T gang supposed to consist partly of country and vftW y ° * London thieves ; but tho confederation has Wg , broken up by tho exertions of tho Kmscx police . ; ^ J *^ W « tAuaiiTBR . —George Sykea was found "guilty at " « o » k Aaalzes of tho manslaughter of Joseph Crooka .
There had been a rustic feast at an inn at Owleston ; several of the party left the house in a state of intoxication ; a quarrel ensued , and Crooks was killed by blows from a cart-prop dealt either by Sykes , or with his concurrence . Three other men had already been tried and convicted of participation in the affair ; and Sykes was now sentenced to six years' penal servitude . —A case of manslaughter was also tried on the Oxford Circuit . Alfred Hopkins had been to Worcester races with his sweetheart ; a feeling of jealousy and anger was produced by Hopkins desiring to dance with another young woman ; the girl to whom he was engaged ran down to the banks of the river , followed by the accused , and both fell in . The girl was drowned : but some doubt
was suggested as to whether she had not thrown herself in . The jury , howeveT , found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment and hard Labour . —On the same day , and at the same court , a cose of attempted murder arising out of jealousy was tried . Thomas Hiden had been cast off by his sweetheart ; meeting her walking with another lover , he pulled out a revolver , and fired at her and at the man ; but both times the weapon merely flashed in the pan , and he was taken into custody . A plea of insanity was set up ; but the prisoner was found guilty , aud sentence of death was recorded . — Several other cases of manslaughter , chiefly caused by drunkenness , have been tried in various parts of the country .
Gold Pins a Necessarv of Life . —A Cambridge tradesman brought an action against a youth who had recently been , a pensioner of Caius College , to recover a bill for Gl . 7 s ., two of the items of which were two gold breast-pins . Mr . Baron Park directed the jury that the defendant , being an infant , could only be made liable for necessaries , but that articles the want of which -would make him lose caste in society might be esteemed as such . The judge did not think the gold pins could be so regarded ; but the jury did , and therefore to that extent returned a verdict for the tradesman .
Anthon y Huxtable was tried at Exeter for illtreating Edward Lancy , a lunatic The facts ( which were related in the Leader about two months ago ) disclosed the most shocking and cruel neglect ; yet the Judge said he did not think the evidence showed wilful disregard of the lunatic , and Huxtable was in consequence acquitted . This may be law ; but it is neither justice , humanity , nor sense .
Bcroiary And Attk3cpted Murder At Plmlic...
BCROIARY AND ATTK 3 CPTED MURDER AT PlMLICO . Mr . Kitson , living in Warwick-street , Pimlico , having gone out of town for a few days , left his house in charge of his servant girl and her grandfather . In the course of the night of Sunday week , the premises were entered by burglars ; a large amount of property was carried off , and the girl was shockingly injured on the head and body . There is very little chance of her recovery . Isaac Pinnock has been tried and . found guilty of the muTder of Mr . Benjamin Cheney . The circumstances were detailed in the J ^ eadtr of July 14 th . Pinnock has since , acccording to the Northampton Herald , made a full confession of his guilt . The murder , it seems , was premeditated for some days , and was prompted bv revenge .
Mi'rdkk of a Policeman at Shkffikld . —A desperate attack , for the purpose of robbery , w ; is recently made on an Irishman of the name of Shannon , a clothes dealer in Wcstbar ( ireen , Sheffield , a part of the town infested by disreputable Irish . Two of the thieves subsequently made off ; and three po licemen who came up took the third into custody . It was night ; and the constables , fearing a rescue , sent for further assistance , and for a cab . Upon the arrival of the vehicle and the additional policemen , tho thief , handcuffed and ironed , was brought out ; but a large mob had assembled , a fight ensued ( rendered more alarming by the absence of any gaslight ) , large stones were thrown , and two of the policemen were dreadfully injured , one dying the next night . The prisoner was ultimately rescued , but was recaptured on tho following day .
Wikk Mi'kdkk . —On Sunday last , a woman , who with her husband hud taken lodgings in the house the night before , was found with her throat cut in a tavern in Koctidalc . The husband left tho house early on the morning in question , and has not since been heard of . Mi . 'ri > kk i » v Hovs . —John Fitzpatrick ami Alfred Ilreen , Mich about ten years of age , have been committed for trial at Liverpool for tho murder of James Flqcson , a lad of seven . A dispute having arisen , Fitzpatrick struck the child on the head with n brick , and , while be was insensible , throw him , with tho assistance of llrcen , into the Leeds and Liverpool canal , where he soon sank . The transaction wad witnessed by several boys ; but every obstacle was placed in tho way of the police finding out tho offenders .
Assaulting a " Knobstick . " —At Worship-street , a journeyman hearth-rug maker named Charles Judge , wus charged with assaulting John Ilurlock , formerly his fellow-lnbourer . Tho prisoner , with others , had loft their places in consequence of their employer making « reduction in tho wages of his men , and they had since endeavoured to form an Association to resist sueh reductions . Hurloek refused to join this society , but remained in his old situation , in consequence of which ho incurred tho bud feeling of the deserters . Meeting tho prisoner and
two of his friends , he gave them an invitation to dinner , with a view to patching up past differences ; this they accepted . After a time , Judge got very riotous and disorderly , struck Hurloek several violent blows on the head with one of the fire-irons , and fractured his skull . He now lies in the London Hospital in a precarious condition . The prisoner was remanded for a week . Mabt Louisa Sawyteb St . "Vincent , with two aliases , was found Guilty at the Middlesex Sessions of obtaining , by false pretences , money and goods from Mr . Sutton , a linendraper , and from another person . The particulars of this case have already appeared in the Leader . The prisoner , who claims to be related to several high families , has victimised at least twenty tradesmen in a similar way .
A Spanish Refugee . —Pedro Vacheo , described as a Carlist , who had been expelled first from Spain , and afterwards from France on account of belonging to a secret Bodety supposed to have been connected with the late attempted assassination , was on Wednesday charged at Lambeth with stealing a bottle of catsup . The prisoner could not speak a word of English ; but it would seem that he committed the offence from starvation . He was discharged , and , after leaving the court , gladly acceded to a suggestion that he should enlist in the Foreign Legion .
Naval And Military News. The Military Co...
NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS . The Military College at Sandhurst . —The report of the Select Committee on the Sandhurst Military College has been published , and is very favourable with respect to the general management of that institution . The committee agree with most of the existing arrangements ; but they incline to think that the present system of steps is capable of improvement , that the study of military history would be beneficial , and that the examinations might be conducted with greater advantage by parties unconnected with the college . They suggest that the commissioners should carefully consider the course of study , and make such alterations as may be deemed requisite . The public will learn with satisfaction that the degrading practice of " fagging" is not tolerated at Sandhurst .
The G cards astd the Dublin Police . —The attempt to enlist men from the Dublin police for the Guards has been a complete failure . The men were paraded in the court-yard of the Castle on Friday week , and -were addressed by Colonel Browne , who , in the course of a very animated speech , said it -would make him ten years younger if the standard of England were planted on the walls of Sebastopol by a Dublin policeman . The men , however , remained unmoved by this " blarney ; " and only four ultimately volunteered . They consider it an insult to be asked now that jnen are scarce , when they have been passed over on many previous occasions .
Shot-Heating Furnaces . —On Saturday an experimental trial , under the inspection of Lieutenant-Colonel Eardley "Wilmot and Laeutenant-Colonel F . A . Yorke , was made , in the Arsenal at Woolwich , of two portable shot-heating furnaces of nearly equal dimensions . One of them is an improvement on Captain Adderson ' s invention , as it contains an extra rack , or second tier , and double fire ; so that fifteen 32 and eighteen 24-pounders were on at the same time . The fire was laid at three o ' clock precisely , and well kept up for twenty minutes , after which the furnace waa filled . Thirty minutea were allowed to heat the shot . The first was then withdrawn , and thrown on a heap of deal shavings , which instantly ignited ; and ten minutes later a second was extracted red-hot , and laid on a log
of wood , which burnt to a cinder . A constant supply can then be kept up with no more than one minute ' s intermission . The second is the production of Lieutenant Beaumont , of the Royal Engineers . Thia furnace combines simplicity of arrangement -with facility of working . The racks , or tiers , are inclined , instead of horizontal , and in opposite directions . At the end of tho upper tier furthest from the door are two openings , to allow tho shot when sufficiently heated to drop to the lower tier and roll to the exit-traps . Each shot has thus to pass twice over the fire below , and that which has been longest in the furnace must always be the first taken out . By simply turning the trap-handle one shot falls on the bearer put ready to receive it , and a place is left on the upper tier for another cold shot .
A Check on Enlistment- —'' A Looker-on writes to the Time * : — "In rural districts , such as West Somerset ( whence I write ) , the great proportion of strong , active , labouring young men are members of clubs , and in most of tho rules by which these- arc governed is ono which prohibits members entering the Queen ' s sorvico under penalty of forfeiting all claim to tho money they have paid to tho funds . Could not an act be passed rendering such prohibition illegal , or void ? There are numbers of young men who would at once join the army if it were , not for this restriction causing thorn tho loss ot several pounds . "
The French Loan. . According To Letters ...
THE FRENCH LOAN . . According to letters from IMrfo , the anticipation » s that tho applications for the « ° ? *™ „ ¦ ? %£ 80 , 000 , 000 / . will amount to about 100 , 00 (^ 0002 . Tho Government will therefore have reason to congratulat -
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Leader (1850-1860), July 28, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28071855/page/5/
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