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No.4^0 ,Atoust2&;1858.] THE LEADEll. »«i
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AMERICA. The latest intelligence informs...
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IRELAND. Tiik Potato.—The general belief...
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THE LATE MR. HARLEY.. Mr. John Pritt Har...
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', ACCIDENTS AND. SUDDEN DEATHS. A very ...
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CRIMINAL RECORD. SupposkiV MuitDER.-T-Oh...
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Action For Libel Against Mr. W. S. Lando...
tUem be excused . He asked the jury , however , not to judge Mr . Landor as they -would judge a writer in the vigour of his manhood , but to estimate him as a gentleman who -was educated in the manners of the past age , when free licence was accorded to satire , and literature had not been purified , and -who , with the virtues , bad imbibed some of the vices of the earlier poets . The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages 1000 / . The defendant ' s conduct has been unsparingly
castigated by the press generally . The Daily News concludes a most trenchant article thus : — " The jury have very properly expressed their sense of the atroeitv of his offence by a verdict for 1 O 00 J . damages . But this is the least partof his punishment . It is right that he should be told , and told plainly , that he has disgraced the literature of his country , and that henceforth his faded laurels can only half hide the stamp of malignant and lecherous 8 landerer , ineflfaceably self-branded ou his brow . "
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No . 4 ^ 0 , Atoust 2 &; 1858 . ] THE LEADEll . »« i
America. The Latest Intelligence Informs...
AMERICA . The latest intelligence informs us that the Canadian Ministry had been constituted , under the Presidency of Mr . James Ross , and . Parliament was'about to be prorogued . The Governor-General had given his sanction to the new tariff bill . From New York , the news is principally respecting the Atlantic telegraph , the ultimate success of which was still doubted by many . The corporation of New York had , nevertheless , decided that the celebration of its success should take place at New York and London on the same day . Captain Hudson and Mr . Field were to have a public , reception on their arrival . The receipt of her Majesty ' s message was to be announced by a salute of 100 guns .
The Fraser River excitement in San Francisco had . slightly abated , but the emigration , nevertheless , continued large . ^ The accounts from the new diggings were still very encouraging . It was estimated that as many as 30 , 000 persons had emigrated , to the new gold fields . ' . . " . , ' . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦" . ¦ , "' , ; . - . . '¦' . : - ¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ , . ; In Oregon the Legislature have chosen Joseph Lane and Delazori Smith United States Senators , in anticipation of the admission of the territory into the Union bv the last Congress . The Indians had been tolerably quiet . General Clarke was organising an active campaign against the savages . From New Granada we have news dated at Panama
on the 3 rd of August . The most important portion of it is the passage of tho Cass-Htrran Convention , with the alterations made in it by the Government at Bogota ; There were no United . States war ships , and but one British , at Panama .
Ireland. Tiik Potato.—The General Belief...
IRELAND . Tiik Potato . —The general belief is that the great bulk ' of the crop is perfectly safe , and that for cheapness and quality it will have no parallel since the year 1844 . At the same time , it is the popular idea in Ireland that the fatal blight has taken its stand as a chronic disease in the " country , and that it would be hopeless to expect that the crop will ever again wholly escape tho visitation . Statis of Kilkenny . —Perfect order and tranquillity appear to be everywhere restored in the county . Reaping machines and . com mowing arc in operation in every direction , without disturbance of any kind . Cardinal " WisEsrAN . —On Tuesday this dignitary arrived at Bnllinasloe from Dublin . lie was received in a warm , but not in so grand , a style as had been expected . The Cardinal appeared in full costume- —ret ! hat and robes , and was followed by his secretary in a violet gown . The event he has chosen to honour with his presence is the consecration of a new chapel . Preparations for religious skirmishing are being made by the Protestants . The Society for Irish . Church Missions has despatched to the town a battalion of clergymen and scripture readers . The Rev . J . C . Walker , rector of the parish , has forwarded a challenge to his eminence to discuss the points at issue between their respective sects ; the cardinal declines this opportunity of distinguishing himself . In anticipation of a disturbance ensuing from the fervour of religious zeal a large force ( upwards of 300 ) of the constabulary have been inarched iuto the town .
The Late Mr. Harley.. Mr. John Pritt Har...
THE LATE MR . HARLEY . . Mr . John Pritt Harley for more than forty years has ,. been A principal comedian at the chief London theatres , :.. and consequently many a playgoer who considers hlm' fl ^ lf a veteran , can recollect "Ilarley" as one of the mirthful phenomena of his childhood , lie was a link ,,. . between the past and present generations , through the ' . circumstance that he was the successor of the famous ' . "Jack . Bannister , " and had even been initiated hy that i ' 1 cttabratud actor into tho business of his most noted 1 .: . parts . , His decease , too , so far differs from that of tho ^ . other harooa of the old school who havo lately put off the " mortal coil , " that ho dies in tho midst of his profea-«! . jlontil labours , and , notwktUBatiding his preat age , in tho " > h plwtltude of his vigour . Harley has beoa an
everpresent figure for forty years , and during his last days , while he gained the respect due to a veteran , he required no concessions to the weakness of old age . Indeed , of late years , compared with those immediately preceding , he rather rose than declined in importance , for his position at the Princess ' s Theatre enabled him to appear in his true Character of a Shakspearenn comedian ; whereas , at other houses , devoted to the lighter class of drama , he had" previously been forced into the regions of farce and burlesque , which were , less congenial , and in which he liad many formidable competitors . ¦ -. _ .,
To younger critics Mr . Harley ' s frequent propensity to extravagance , both in gesture and in facial expression , appeared as a defect , for they were unable to find in nature a prototype for the multifarious grimaces provided for their diversion . The peculiarity , however , belonged , not to the individual , but the school in which he was trained . That naturalness which is so much extolled at the present day , was not the aim of the comedian of forty years ago ; and , be it remembered , that Mr . Harley never failed to obtain a laugh . It" some
were of opinion that his manner was too artificial , none questioned the fact of its drollery , and his appearance on the stage was at once the signal for joyous recognition . He wa 3 a thorough master of all ths conventionalities of " fun , " and hence , in those characters which only exist by tradition , his value could not be overestimated . By moving him from the atmosphere of farce and burlesque to that of the Shakspearean drama , Mr . Charles Kean secured for Mr . Harley a second enjoyment of his ancient rank , which had almost been
forgotten during his less legitimate engagement ? . The very last words winch , Mr . Harley uttered seemed to mark his identity with the old Sliakppearean drolls . On Friday night , he said to Mr . Ellis , * ' I have an exposition of sleep come over me , " the words used by Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream , and from that moment he remained speechless to the end . Never did the stroke of death occur with more awful suddenness . He had acted the character of Launcelot Gphbo with more than wonted vivacity on Friday week , but the roar occasioned by his exit had scarcely subsided when he lay paralysed behind the scenes , deprived of the po « er of distinct articulation , and terrified those who took his hand by the iciness of his grasp . '
Mr . Harley was born in London about 1790 , and in 1807 adopted the stage as a vocation . His .. provincial life lasted till 1815 , when he came out at the Lyceum . In the September of the same year he appeared at Drury Lane , and at once took the position lie has since maintained . His character as a man of respectabilitv and integrity always stood exceedingly high , and his tenure of the office of treasurer to the Drury Lane Fund rendered him almost as celebrated in theatrical circles as his drolleries made him familiar to the large public . — - Times . .
', Accidents And. Sudden Deaths. A Very ...
' , ACCIDENTS AND . SUDDEN DEATHS . A very frightful accident has occurred on the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton line . A " cheap Sunday-School Excursion train" was announced on Monday last to run from Wolverhampton to Worcester and bnck again . The low rate of faros attracted a vast crowd of passengers , arid before it reached Worcester the train consisted of forty-five carriages containing some two thousand people . The train was to leave Worcester on its return journey at a quarter-past six- The officials at the "Worcester station determined . on dividing it into two parts . This was accordingly done , and instead of a single monster train of forty-five carriages , drawn bv two engines , two trains , one of twciitj ' -iiine and another of ai-xtcen
carriages , were despatched from Worcester—the heavier of the two a quarter of an hour only in advance of the other . When the advanced train reached the Round Oak station , at which it seems there is a steep incline , from some cause ns yet unexplained a set of coupling irons broke loose , and about a dozen of the hiuderinost carringes began to run back down the incline . Loaded as they were , the velocity of their descent rapidly increased , and luid uttniucd a fearful rate , when , about mid-wny down the incline , they were observed bearing down upon the second train , which , being lighter thiui the first , had naturally gained upon it , and waa advancing on the same line of Mils in the opposite direction . The driver of th « second train , who saw the first thus fearfully rushing down upon him , had almost succeeded in bringing his carriages to a standstillwhen the crash
- , enmo . Its consequences were fearful ; The guard ' s van and the two carringes next to it are described as having been " split into matchwood . " The fate of tho passengers was horrible . Eleven lifeless forms wcro discovered among the rubbish , in addition to many frightfully mangled and disfigured . Four others have since died , making fifteen deaths . Upwards of ninety others are said to havo been more or less seriously hurt ; and it ia probable that among the survivors many deaths will have 3 'et to be enumerated as arising out of this tragedy . Tliose wlio escaped from disabling wounds were rushing about distracted amid crushed carringes , mutilated forms , and shrieks of ftgony , enshrouded in the dust and darkness , which were tho immediate results of tho tremendous collision It does not appear to what the rupture of the coupling
chains is to be attributed . An inquest was held on the 25 th inst ., but was adjourned for a week . The Times remarks , " Such was the result of a day ' s pleasuring to Worcester . ; It is generally to excursion trains that accidents do happen , and for the obvious reason that the despatch of an excursion train implies a derangement of the ordinary regulations of the line . " A considerable land-slip took place on the line of the Gloucester and Hereford Kailway , between Ross and Fawley , on Monday afternoon , intercepting the . train from Paddington , and causing- a delay of three hours , but happily unattended with injury to any person .
Four boys were brought at the end of Jast week to St . Mary ' s Hospital , with symptoms which tne surgeon rightly conjectured to arise from some narcotic poison . One was but slightly affected , and was not taken in , but the other three were severely ill , and two were saved only by the readiness with which extreme remedies ( such as electricity ) are made available in a large hospital . "When sufficiently recovered , the lads confessed to > having eaten , in Kensington Jjlardens , some frnit whkh they found thrown away under a heap of timber . It turned out that they had eaten a quantity of thorn-apples ( datura stramonium ) , a very active poison . It is a Very common ornament to gardens , and being out of flower at this season , is cleared away and thrown on waste heaps .
Four gentlemen were drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure-smack oh Saturday last , at Emsworth , in Hampshire . The party , consisting of six gentlemen with the master of the boat , left that place in the afternoon with a strong wind blowing . A heavy squall took the boat , and before the master could get hold of the tiller ( one of the gentlemen steering ) , the ill-fated boat capsized , and the Rev . H . Morse , Mr . Smith ( solicitor ) , Mr . Moorhead , and Mr . Sheati were drowned . The persons saved were BIr . Philip Tyne , the Rev . Henry Slieari , and . James Cribb , master . Mr . Morse swain ashore , but in his anxiety to save life he put back again to the wreck , by which he lost his own life ; it is supposed he was seized with cramp . Tbe other three lost are single men ; but Mr . Morse was married and had four children , and his wife is hourly expecting to be delivered of another . The bodies have all been picked up .
Criminal Record. Supposkiv Muitder.-T-Oh...
CRIMINAL RECORD . SupposkiV MuitDER .-T-Oh Saturday the body of a girl , not more than twelve years of age , was found in the Grand Surrey Canal , under circumstances which led to the inference that she had been cast into the water and . drowned . She was a weekly servant , and went home at night to sleep . A little before se-ven on Saturday morning she left home for the purpose © f going to her situation , but nothing more is known . An inquest was held on Monday , but the evidence does not lead to the conclusion thut she had met with foul iisage .
MURDEB , ASD COSFKS 3 ION OF THE MURDERER . — - William -Burgess , employed at the Swansea Docks , was on Thursday apprehended on a charge of murdering his daughter , aged six years .- About a month ago the father fetched the child from her foster-mother , stating that he was going to take her toParlock to live . Since that time the child has not been seen alive , and suspicion being excited , led to the discovery of soma portions of the child ' s dress burnt almost to ashes , and . near to a place where the father had be « n at work were found traces of blood . The father , oil leaving with hi » clvild , went across the Channel to Swansea , where to was apprehended , and before the officer had time to tell him the charge against him , he admitted the crime .
The Cormacks . —Two brothers , named Cormack , were , it will be remembered , executed & t Nenagh some months since , having been convicted of the murder of Mr . Ellis , in the county of Tipperary . The men died solemnly protesting their innocence , and that ia presence of their priest . They were convicted o > n the evidence of approvers , and circumstances are alleged since to have eonio to light which show that the approvers perjured themselves , and subsequently admitted it . Execution . —Bucknell , the young man who was convicted at the late assizes of tho doable murder of his grandfather and grandmother at Cre « ch , near Taunton , has been hanged in front of the count ) ' gaol . The condemned denied to the last moment that he had committed any murder .
Muttuiiit op a Sox . —A woman , named Ann Coulters , who had an illegitimate child , an idiot boy eight yean old , was anxious to be married . The boy was an obstacle . To get rid of it she cut her Bon ' s throat , having iirst nerved herself to tho horrid , deed by drink This occurred 011 Sunday in Cheshire . The murderess confessed , and has been committed . Husband-kimono . —A woman named Webster is in custody at Dudley , charged with killing her husband in a brutal manner . They had been quarrelling , and sho struck him violently on the head-with a poker , and kicked him when he full . lie died soon after .
MuiiDKR nicah Pektii . —At tho II rig of Earn , on Saturday , a woman named Campbell was murdered by her nephew of tho sanio name , a tailor . When drunk lie demanded money , which being ; refused , lie attacked his victim with a knife and killed her in a few minutes . Ho was apprehended mid brought into Perth , by th « time he reached which , something like a consciousness of the crime he hud committed seemed to possess him .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 28, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28081858/page/5/
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