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October 28, 1854.] THE LEADER. 1017
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Captain Richard Hawkins, R.N"., appeared...
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At the Hull Petty Sessions Christian Sch...
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THE CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM. The English public...
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THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER ARCTIC. The fate...
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RE-EMIGRATION FROM AMERICA. Oox astoundi...
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Sunken Ships at Sebas...
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Saruh Hart, A Servant Of Mrs. Bntlor, Of...
a seat , where it was found dead . Mrs . Butler denied the truth of the girl ' s statement as to her conduct towards her , and said : — " I wish to state that I have heen much harassed by a third party , a respectably dressed man , who called upon me , and said that I had been an accessory to a crime , and that if I paid Mm 207 . lie would make the matter secret , and -would send the gLrl to Guernsey . A watch was on the mantelpiece , and he took out his own , and said : The magistrates are sitting at one o ' clock
you have not a moment to lose ; you had better give me the 20 ? ., and I will get the girl away . ' He also said that if the jury found me guilty , which they -would do , I should have two years' imprisonment . He stopped more than an hour , and said if I had not the 20 ? . in the house I could make it . He went away , and came again next morning in a cab . I asked if he was an official , and he replied in the negative . He said a child had been found in the Green-park , which child had come from my house , and if I gave him 20 ? . he -would evade justice , and get me clear off . Of course I did not give him the 20 Z . "
A coroner's jury did not find the girl guilty of killing the child , but she will have to answer for the offence of concealing its birth .
October 28, 1854.] The Leader. 1017
October 28 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1017
Captain Richard Hawkins, R.N"., Appeared...
Captain Richard Hawkins , R . N " ., appeared ( with a pair of black eyes ) at a police court to complain , that Mr . and Mjs . Parkin had assaulted him . He stated that Mr . Parkin had asked him whether he had not attempted to seduce Mrs . Parkin ' s sister , which he denied ; whereupon both lady and gentleman made a desperate attack on him . On cross-examination , the captain still denied any design on the " sister , " but admitted having taken her to a theatre ; and also—that he had been convicted of bigamy ^ and confined in the House of Correction . His case against the PaTkinse 3 was dismissed .
At The Hull Petty Sessions Christian Sch...
At the Hull Petty Sessions Christian SchantofF , a German , was charged with haying abducted Augusta Maria Hawbrth , a young German girl , by false pretences , and for immoral purposes . The evidence of the girl went to show that the prisoner had induced her to leave Altona , in order to come to England to live as his servant in a public-house which he was to buy . She came and acted as his servant for six days , after which he forced her into prostitution . Tie girl was not crossexamined by the counsel for the defence , and the appearance of things at the trial seems not to have justified a belief in very enormous deception on the part of the prisoner ; but lie was found guilty , and sentenced to two years' imprisonment .
The Cambridge Asylum. The English Public...
THE CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM . The English public at present is discrediting some of the reports as to the state of its purse , by a splendid spirit of bounty . The meetings for the Patriotic Fund are attended by numbers , in a state of active anxiety for the object . SpeciaL funds are Also invented—there is the Central Association , for assisting the wives and families , as well as the widows and orphans , of soldiers on active service ; there is the Peel-Times Fund ,, for sending nursing Aid and comforts to the sick ; there is the London Orphan Asylum , throwing open its doors to t h e children of deceased soldiers ; and amongst all these we see , is not forgotten the Cambridge Asylum . Now we do not agree that any one of these objects is superfluous . If we might object , it is that the Official Fund is too narrow in its Bcope , since the helpless dependants of living soldiers often require assistance as much as if tho men were dead . The Central Association , therefore , deserves all the support that it can have ; there will bo more orphans than the London Asylum can admit , and tho Cambridge Asylum will need additional endowments to fulfil its excellent intention .
It is , indeed , a well-designed institution . Its purpose is to afford a home for tho widows of non-commissioned officers and privates in her Majesty ' s land forces , married in accordance -with tho rules of the service ; the private soldiers being of fourteen years ' standing , and the women not 3 oss than fifty years of age . Such was tho original design ; and originally also , the asylum did not admit more than one widow from each regiment , or battalion of a Tegimont , at a time , " unless under extraordinary circumstances of
a case possessing stronger claims than that of other regiments . " A now Impulse has been given to the funds of this institution , and si new oxtension is proposed for its operation . The land upon which the present building is situated , lies at Kingston-on-Tliamea ; It is about four to five acres in extent , and it was given to the Association by tho prosent Duke of Cambridge , who not only serves his country actively in the Hold , but ulao remembers tho wnnts of his humblo fellow-soldier . It is proposed by a veteran whose heart is devoted to thin oxcullent
institution that admission should bo given to ton or twelve poor yowuj widows whoso husbands havo died on thoheighta of the Alma—a very fitting extension of tho institution . It \ a proposed that preference shall be given to the wives of men in thoHo regiments which lost most men nt tho battle of tho Alma , tho Seventh Euslllera , for instance , and tho Twonty . third . Nothing , wo believe , can bo hotter in its eflect than
this distinction of soldiers in their corporate as well as their individual capacity . An Alma fund would he requisite to increase the building and endowment , but there are already signs that the Cambridge Asylum has not been forgotten . The public subscriptions for the general purpose will evidently be in excess of the immediate object , and we can see no reason why portions of the surplus should not be devoted to the extension of this Institution , already established as one of the best military asylums in the country .
The Loss Of The Steamer Arctic. The Fate...
THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER ARCTIC . The fate of the Arctic steamer seems to have created an absorbing interest in . New York , where , however , it was not heard of until fourteen days after her loss occurred . A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — "N"ever do I remember an event that created a greater sensation . The entire community was in a moment plunged into grief and sorrow . The courts were closed , business at the Exchange was suspended , and the flags of all tie shipping in the harbour were at half-mast . Many families mourn the loss of near relatives , and even up to to-day the offices of the Messrs . Collins and Co . are besieged by
bereaved fathers , mothers , sisters , "wives , and children—^ all anxious to learn , whether any hope remains of the safety of those who were so near and dear to them . The Arctic left Liverpool with 256 passengers and a crew of 175 men ^ making 431 souls . According to the reliable accounts thus far received , more than 300 would appear to he certainly lbsti 64 of whom were swept by the sea from a hastily constructed raft . But as there are two , if not three , boats yet to be heard of , there is a possibility that more may have been saved than we have iiqw any idea of . The hope is faint ; still , it may be cherished . Here I would remark that great
blame is justly . attachable to all the steamers , in consequence of their going at speed across the ever foggy hanks of Newfoundland , without the ringing of bells , the screaming of the steam vessel , or the firing of minute guns . The consumption of a few hundred-weight of gunpowder would save life and prevent disaster . But all precautions of the kind appear to have been neglected , while , instead , a spirit of racing across the Atlantic has been indulged in * to the utter disregard of human life . Again , when the collision occurred , the crew soon became unmanageable , and , in most cases , thought only of saving their own lives , without even an attempt to rescue the passengers .
Re-Emigration From America. Oox Astoundi...
RE-EMIGRATION FROM AMERICA . Oox astounding Transatlantic contemporary , the New York Herald , announces a re-emigration from America to the United Kingdom or Europe , in the proportion of ten per cent to the emigration outwards . If the re-emigration were to continue at the rate of development that it has already enjoyed in the view of the Herald , it would soon exceed the outward emigration , and we should have to fear that
the Republic would be depopulated for the advancement of the Old World ! How many consequences would be involved in such a process ! Does it indicate that the Republic is so repulsive that emigrants from Europe cannot endure to remain , ? That they regurgitate in the simple impulse of revived royalty , and that they fly as penitent children to the arms of Queen Victoria—arms of course always open to them , and wide enough to encircle any number .
We invite our pathetic contemporary , Punch , to give us that sublime and historical picture—tho penitent British multitude coming back in , rovulsion from tho American Republic , and throwing itself , with tears , into tho arms of Queen Victoria , Prince Albert standing by , and not jealous in tho least degree , nor tho Prince of Wales astonished at the naturally affectionate capacity of his parent , although tho moro timid Princess Royal may sing , " God save Mamma !"
There is a spico of truth in tho fact which the Herald lias found to amazo its renders for twentyfour hours . People are returning from America , or are coining over in larger numbers than they once did ; and some of our correspondents may pcrhapn add to tho half dozen roaaons for this return of which we arc awaro . Some go out originally who ought not to go , find that they cannot multo three guineas a day by handicraft labour , or by handicraft no-lnbour-nt-all , and return in disgust , indignant at ' * tho lies that aro told about American prosperity . " Some como back to fetch tlioir relatives , instead of simply Bending for tliem . Some out of more
xeatlessness . Some because they have heard wonderful stories as to the Tise of wages in Ireland , and they wish to he there betimes . Some because they cannot get rid of their love for the " ouid country . " Add to these an unusual number of Americans even in the condition of working men , who have come over to Europe bent upon travelling in order to gain their experience . Men of this class find work when they can , as a means of supporting themselves and of eking out their travelling fuuds . They do it apparently on the same ground that the working men of France travel by the help of their " compagnonnage , " only the working traveller of America has no such assistance , and relies upon himself instead of a freemasonic guild .
These facts would go far to explain a re-emigration which does exist to some extent , though we believe it has no characteristics of endurance or magnitude equal to those assigned to it by our contemporary . If there were such a great exodus of Americans to Europe we believe that the Kings of the Continent ought to look about them ; that the Thirty Tyrants of Germany ought to tie on their heads very tight at night with their night-cap strings , and that Europe had better begin to prepare itself for undergoing the process of annexation to the Union . For emigration is the usual prelude to that process . English science talks of spanning the Atlantic under water with the electric chain t does the Herald a ? New York mean that American Republicanism is about to bridge the Atlantic by annexation ?
Miscellaneous. The Sunken Ships At Sebas...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Sunken Ships at Sebastofol . —It is said that Messrs . W . G . Armstrong and Co ., of the Elswick Engine-works , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , patentees of the hydraulic crane , are busily engaged in the construction of apparatus , for the Admiralty , for the purpose of blowing up the Russian ships of war which now obstruct the entrance of the harbour of Sebastopol . They consist of 25 sets of cylindrical tubes , three in each set . The tubes are of different sizes , and placed one within the other , so as to form three distinct water-tight
compartments . The innermost compartment will be filled with fine gunpowder , and the next with ordinary ' blasting powder . The outermost one will be left vacant . The apparatus will be suitably placed by experienced divers under the ships to be blown up , a galvanic -wire , communicating with the innermost tube . The workmen have been employed night and day to get the apparatus completed , and we understand they will be ready for shipment next week , when the effect of one of them will bo tried upon a sunken vessel at Tynemouth . The apparatus consist of 13 larger and 12 smaller ones , and the former , when charged , will "weigh about four tons .
Voyage to Australia in a Mackerel Boat . —A mackerel boat , of about twenty tons , is at present undergoing the necessary repairs and alterations at Newlyn , in Cornwell , for the purpose of conveying a crew of live men to Australia . To enable the boat to sustain tho many storms which may be expected on her voyage out , and to render her as secure as possible , the crew havo coppered tho lower part of her hull , in addition towluuh , she is comfortably decked , cabins also being placed for the accommodation of the tars who intend to navigate her . Tho boat will be ballasted with freBh water .
This Temm-e . —It in stated that the benchers of the Temple are at last putting their house in order , in expectation of tho inquiry which is to take place into the inn * of court on tho meeting of Parliament . Several improvements are shortly to be carried into effect with regard to tho buildings ; the most prominent of which is tho demolition of all tho houses abutting on tho round tovror of their beautiful church , together with tho mean chambers now constituting tho south side of Churchyard-court .
Tins will at onco lay open to proper view that most splendid etUHco—* tho unique relic of the Templars in England . Notices havo also been served on tho few remaining tradesmen , only six , in number , who still occupy uhopB within tho precincts of tho Temple . The two Tomplcs , Innisr and Middle , will then bo exclusively occupied by barristers and stuuonts at law- A conaidorablc reduction in tho rents is aln <> to bo made . Tho price of tho dinners in tilao to bo fixed at 2 a . ( id ., both for tho bur and Htudunts . ltussiAN I'iusonkkh at SiiHKitNK . SH . —Application I ihh boon made to tho Admiralty for porinitwion tl » imt tho Russian and Finnish o ( lvcorn who loft on parolo for Lcwort may bo permitted louvo on p « rulo to visit London , and that tho younkwn ( an cadiit . i ) may l > o permitted to omjoy tho mun «) privilege . A reply hti » been received granting tho boon . Tho prlm > iiorH nt I , owch aro employing thunmolvoa in toy-making , tailoring , & c , > yith Homo ttuocontf . The Lath Coukt . s Maktia ^ at Wini » hoic—Up U > IrtHt night Lloutonmit TorryV ) lJcfmieo and Tentirnonial Fund amounted to 2 , < J 2 f > A , and although the Mayor ol "Windoor , who irf this tr « HHur « r , in oxtntirmly anxious t < clone tho HulMcriptlou , every po * t brings « furthor remit tuucoa from nil pftrtu of the kingdom .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 28, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28101854/page/9/
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