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632 THE LEADE '&. No. 380, Jtot 4, 1857.
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE MR. DOUGLAS J...
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OUR CIVILIZATION
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THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE. Anothek of t...
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posts . The former office is supposed to be no longer necessary in the present calm condition of the Empire ; but the machinery will still be kept in operation . The Emperor proposes to remain twenty days at Plombieres , during which time no Cabinet Council will be held , nor will any official business be transacted , excepting affairs of urgentnecessity . The Count de Morny , on quitting St . Petersburg , left the direction of the Embassy to M . Baudin , the First Secretary . He takes the title of French Charge" d'Affaires until the appointmant of a new Ambassador . MVilleSecretary-General of the Bank of France
. , , has at his own request , after not fewer than sixty years ' service , been allowed to retire . He is succeeded by M . Marsaud , chief clerk of the discount department , who in his turn is succeeded by M . H . Villemot , receiving d . € 2 * ka It is said that , after their stay at Plombieres has come to an end , the Emperor and Empress will visit our
Queen at Osborne . This will probably be about the beginning of next month . Besides the towns already mentioned in this journal , the Opposition candidates in the late elections obtained a majority of votes at Nimes , Bar-sur-Seine , Nogentsur-Seine , Laigle , "Vienne , Angers , Auxerre , Metz , Saint Brieuo , Saint L 6 , Lorient , Sens , Grasse , Beaune , Saint Jean de Losnes , and Poitiers . At Montauban and Perigueux , the Government candidates were only a very few votes ahead of their adversaries . M . deLamartine writes to the evening papers to deny that he has been a candidate at any place . His old constituents , the electors of M & con and the villages
adjoining , resolved to vote for him , even without his coming forward ; and they polled nearly 3000 in his favour , though no bulletins were printed ; but this number was a minority . " Several of the defeated candidates , " says the Daily News Paris correspondent , " speak of contesting the regularity of the returns of their opponents when the Corps Legislatif assembles . M . de Romand , the ex-prefect of the Saone-et-Loire , who was an extra-official candidate for that department , has forwarded a protest to 3 VL Senator Baron Chapuis de Montlaville , president of the committee of votes at Macon , and announces his intention of submitting proofs of various illegalities of which he complains to the President of the Corps Legislatif . "
We read in the same letter : — " The Lloyd Franqats announces that France is about to establish a consulate on the coast of Gambia . This journal desires to see the number of French consuls greatly augmented , and attributes the commercial superiority of England in great measure to the admirable organisation of her consulates . —Colonel Henry , one of Prince Jerome ' s aidesde-camp , and the Abbe' Doussot , formerly a chaplain to the army of the East , have gone to Florence , to bring to France the body of Prince Jerome Napoleon , eldest son of Prince Jerome , who died at Wurtemberg in 1847 , being at the time a captain in the King of Wurtemberg ' s guards . The Emperor has decided that the remains of his cousin shall repose in the Invalides . "
In thia general system of coercion on the part of the Administration during the elections , the most disgraceful acf , perhaps , is the exclusion of M . de Montalembert from the new Chamber , every sort of machinery havin g been put in motion in the department of the Doubs against him . A Deputy-Chamberlain , M . Conegliano , whose name has hardly ever been heard beyond the precincts of the ante-chamber , is preferred to such a man as M . de Montalembort . The vacancy created in the Prefecture of the Department of the Nord , and to which M . Collet-Meygret is appointed Prefect , is one of the consequences of the elections . The present prefect is removed because the pressure he exercised against M .
Broun , the Opposition candidate , turned out useless , ns M . Braun was returned . M . Gustuve de Raiuond , the Opposition candidate in the department of the Vienne , has presented a strong protest to the President of the Commission du Reconsement against the Prefect for alleged excesses and abuse of his authority , his refusal to allow the local papers , to publish his reply , and the arrest of the persona who were employed in distributing his voting tickets . The truth is , the unfortunate Prefects know that their own fate depended on the success of the Government nominees . — Times Paris Correspondent , Three Italians are in custody in Paris , charged with conspiring to assassinate the Emperor .
Mademoiselle Rachel's retirement from the stage-is said to be definitive . She has personally given her resignation to M . Empis , the manager of the Thdatre Francais . Most pf the London weekly papers of last Saturday have been eel zed . The list comprises the Leader , Illustrated London News , Examiner , Saturday Ilevieto , and Sunday Times . A despatch has boon received in Paris , dated " Bivouac of Ait-Larba , among tlio Bom-Yenni , Juno 25 th . " It states : -- " At four o ' clock this morning , tho divisions of . Generals Renault and Yusuf began to ascend tho mountains ; at seven they arrived at tho top . Tho onciny did not mafco tho resistance wo expected in such a country i The two villages of Ait-Larba and Sldi-Lnsaen , tho largest in all KabylJn , wore vigorously carried . Wo aro now masters of tho entire country . " General OnvaJgnao is now announced In tho Sidole , as
also M . Etnile Ollivier and M . Darimon , as candidates of the Opposition in the third , fourth , and seventh districts of Paris for the second elections , which will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) and Monday . The Government nominees are the same as before—MM . Thibaut , Varin , and Lanquetin . ITAT-Y . Lombardy is in a state of great alarm about the silkworm disease , which is committing great havoc there . The leaves of the mulberry-trees are also devastated by a species of parasite . # Simior Mingettiwho was one of the Pope s Ministers
, during the lay Government of 1848 , had an audience of Pius IX . on the 20 th ult ., which lasted an hour . He urged the necessity of reform and the danger of delay ; but the Pope , who received him with much kindness , replied that the experience of 1848 was such as not to encourage him to renew the experiment ha' then made . All hope of reform from that quarter is therefore at an
end . _ A conspiracy has been discovered at Genoa . Forty arrests have taken place . SPAIN . The Chamber of Deputies in the Cortes has adopted the frontier treaty with France by 105 votes against 3 . It inflicts a loss of territory on Spain of about five-andtwenty square miles . HOLLAND . According to a letter from the Hague , the Queen-Mother is shortly to proceed to London , a marriage , it is said , being projected between the Prince of Orange and the Princess Alice of England . GERMANY . The Emperor and Empress of Russia , arrived at Hamburs a few days ago , and have since departed .
TURKEY . The Government has sent his passports to M . Blondel "Van Esselbruck , the Belgian Minister , at the same time intimating that the Sultan will resume his former relations with the Royal Legation as soon as M . Esselbruck has departed . For a long time past , the Belgian representative has made himself disliked by the Porte . During the late war , he was an avowed sympathizer with Russia , and is said to have supplied Le Nord with a great deal of spurious news to the discredit of the Allies- Recently he has travelled in the Danubian Principalities , openly advocating the Union , asserting that all the great European Powers were agreed on the subject , and hinting that the Count of Flanders was to be made sovereign of the new state . This is the reason why he has been dismissed .
Some eighty or ninetj- brigands , confined in the prison at Larissa , have made a desperate attempt at escape , which , up to a certain point , was successful . They filed off their chains , and forced an inner door . The troops were speedily assembled , and surrounded the building . The greater number of the brigands , however , fled over tho roofs . They then procured arms , and a street fight ensued betweenthem and the soldiers . Seventeen of the banditti were killed , and all the rest were recaptured but two .
632 The Leade '&. No. 380, Jtot 4, 1857.
632 THE LEADE ' & . No . 380 , Jtot 4 , 1857 .
In Remembrance Of The Late Mr. Douglas J...
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LATE MR . DOUGLAS JERUOLD . REMAINING PERFORMANCES . O . v Tuesday Evening , July 7 th , Mr . W . H . Russell will deliver his Personal Narrative of tho lato Crimean War in St . Mnrlin ' s Hall . To ooimnonco at eight precisely , and last two hours . Prices of admission : Stalls , five shillings ; body of the hall and tho centre gallery , each two shillings ; back scats and side gallerios , each one shilling . On Saturday Evening , July 11 th . will bo represented at the Gallery of Illustration , Rogcnt-strcut , Mr . Wilkio Oolliiia ' s now romantic Drama in three acts , Tho Frozen Deep , performed by the amateur company of ladies and gcntleinon who originally represented it in private . With tho original scenery , by Mr , Stanflold , R . A ., and Mr . Telbln , and tho original music , under tho direction of Mr . Francesco Borger . The wholo under tho management of Mr . Charles Diokens . To conclude with a farce . Prices of admission : Stalls , ono guinea ; nroa , ton shillings ; amphitheatre , five shillings . Tho same drama will bo repeated on tho 18 th lust ., ovoryseab being already engaged for tho performance on tho 11 th . Tho sent s for tho 18 th arc also being rapidly disposed of . On Wednesday ovoniug , July 10 th , will boroprosontcd , at tho Tlioatro Royal , Hoymarkot , tho lato Mr . Douglas Jorrold ' b comedy , in throo aots , The Housekeeper . To conclude with fho lato Mr . Douglas Jorrold ' s drama , Tho Prisoner of War . Represented by Miss Reynolds , Mr . UucUatone , Mr . Pholp » . Mr . IIowo , Mr . Chippendale , Mr . and Mrs . Kooloy , Mr . W . Farron , Miss Mario Wilton , Mr . Rogers , Mihh M . Tcrnnn , Mr . Comptoii , Miss 31 . Oliver , Mr . Donjaniln Webster , Miss tfanny Wright , and tho company of tho theatre . Prices of admission ; Stalls , ton shillings and sixpence . Tho rest of tho liouso as usual , oxcopfc tho private boxes , which rony bo had at tho Committoo ' s ollloo , or nt Mr . Sana ' s Library , St . James ' s-dtroct , 22
On Wednesday livening , July nu , Mr . \ V . M . Thnokoray will deliver a lecture on " Wook-day Proaohors , ' in St . Martin ' s Hall . To oonunonco at olght proolsoly , and last ono hour and a half Prlcon of admissions Stalls , llvo shillliiKB i body of tho hall , und centre gallory , each two aliilliiigm back uoal » nud mUIo galleries , ouch ono » hlUing . On Friday ovonlnn , July Sltn , Mr . Charles Dickons will nKnln road Ills Christmas Carol tit St . Martin ' s Hall . Prices of admission as bofwe . On Wednesday Mvoulng , July SOth , will bo roprosontcd at tho Thontro Rdyal , Adolphl , tho lato Mr . Douglas Jorrold ' s drama , in throe nolo , Tho Rent Day . To conclude with , tho lato Mr . Douglas Jorrold ' s drama , Blaoh-oyod Sitean . Ropronontod by Mr . T . P . Cooko ( who roturns to tho stage for ono night , for tho purpose ) Madamo Colosto , Mr . Uoujamln Wobsier , Mlsa Wyncfliam , Mr . Wright , Miss
Mary Kccley . Mr . Buckstone , Miss M . Oliver , Mr . Paul Bedford , Mrs . Chattcrloy . Mr . Billinftton , Miss Arden , Mr . Henry Wallack , and the company of the theatre . Prices of admission : Stalls , ten shillings and sixpence . The rest of the house as usual , except tho private boxes , which , may be had at the Committee ' s office , or at Mr . Sains ' s Library , St . James ' s-street . Tickets for any or all of these occasions are now on sale at tho Committee ' s office , at tho Gallery of Illustration , Regent-street , every day between the hours of twelve and four .
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The Glasgow Poisoning Case. Anothek Of T...
THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE . Anothek of the dark romances of poisoning of which we have had so many within the last few years has been investigated this week . The scene this time is Scotland , and the suspected poisoner a young lady . Miss Madeline Smith was on Tuesday placed at the bar of the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , charged with the murder by poison of Emile L'Angelier , a French gentleman who had paid his addresses to her . She is described as of very prepossessing appearance , and she exhibited great self-control . The Times reporter says : " Her head never sank for a moment , and she even seemed to scan the witnesses with a scrutinizing glance . Her perfect self-possession , indeed , could only be accounted for either by a proud consciousness of
innocence , or by her possessing an almost unparalleled amount of self-control . She even sometimes smiled with all the air and grace of a young lady in the drawing-room , as her agents came forward at intervals to communicate with her . She was dressed simply , yet elegantlv . She wore a brown silk dress with black silk cloak , with a small straw bonnet trimmed with white ribbon of the fashionable shape , exposing the whole front of the head . She also had lavender-coloured gloves , a white cambric handkerchief , a silver-topped smelling-bottle in her hand , which she never ' used , and a wrapper thrown over her knee . Altogether she had a most attractive appearance , and her very aspect and demeanour seemed to advocate her cause . " The indictment having been read , she pleaded Not Guilty .
The first witness of importance was Mrs . Jenkins , with whom L'Angelier had lodged from last July till he died . One morning about the middle of February , she went into his room about eight o ' clock , and found he had been vomiting seriously , and that he complained of a burning pain in his bowels and stomach , also of thirst and cold . She recommended him to call upon a doctor , which he did that day , and got some medicine . The illness made a great change in him , and he never altogether recovered from it . The second illness was on a Monday morning ,
soon after , but it was less serious . After that he went to Edinburgh for some time to recruit his health , and subsequently to the Bridge of Allan , whence he unexpectedly returned on Sunday evening , the 22 nd of March . Ho went out that evening , and returned next morning about half-past four , alarmingly ill , having scarcely been able to walk home . Then followed a series of violent fits of vomiting and purging , which terminated in the young man ' s death about nine o ' clock in the morning . Mrs . Jenkins did not know or ask where he had been .
Subsequent witnesses proved L'Angelier ' s receipt of a letter on that Sunday morning at the Bridge of Allan , his taking the train at Stirling to Coatbridge , and his walking thence to Glasgow . The letter in question was read . It was as follows : " Why , my beloved , did you not como to mo ? Oh , beloved , are you ill ? Come to ine , sweet one . I waited and waited for you , but you came not . I shall wait again on you to-morrow night , samo hour and arrangement . Do come , sweet love—my own sweet love of a sweetheart . Come , beloved , and clasp mo to your heart ; come , and we shall be happy . A kiss , fond love . Adieu , with tender embraces . Ever believe me to bo your dear fond Mini . "
Some letters to L'Angelier were found in a bag belonging to him after his death , by William Stevenson , a friend and fellow-warehouseman at Glasgow , who said in his evidence : — " I road some ef tho letters . ( Shown letter commencing , ' Wednesday—Dearest sweet Emilo —I am so sorry to hoar that you are ill . ' ) Thut letter was in tho small bag ; I marked ' bag' upon it when I initialed it . ( Shown leftor commencing , ? My sweet dear pet—I am so sorry you should bo so vexed , ' with an envelope Louring tho words , ? For my dear and everboloved swoot Emilo . ) That waa in tho bag . It is marked by mo in tho samo way . Tho envelopo of Iottor commencing ' My own best loved pet—I hope you aro well , ' was in tho bag . I have not marked the letter
, but , » f this is ita envelope , it was there too . Tho letter commencing , 'Dearest and beloved— -I hope you arc well , I am very well and anxious , ' I can ' t spook to . " Tho witness also spoko of throo other letters as being found in tho bag . " So far as I examined tho documents in tho bag , I kept tho letters in their original envelopes , and delivered tho bag locked to tho o / lloor . I did not shift tho letters and envelopes to my knowludgo . " On tho second day ( Wodnosday ) , William Stevenson was further crosH-oxuminod . He said that thoro might liavo boon from two-hundrod-and-flfty to throo-hundrod letters fouud in repositories of L'Angolior ' a . Thoro waa a . largo number of thorn in tho hundwrUing of a Miss Perry ? nrobubly ono-third as many as those of Miss
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Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_04071857/page/8/
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