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THE POLISH MEETING. Tub postponed meetin...
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OUR CIVILISATION. ASSIZK CASKS. The Birm...
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War Miscellanea. Wak Humanities.—During ...
a -iwll sustained lire of artillery and sharpshooters , ¦ were , after two hours' combat , obliged to retire . " - — Morning Pott . A Comedy of Eubors . —Captain Keppel , the newlyappointed Naval Brigadier , has had a somewhat amusing adventure . During an attack , he proceeded to the 21-gun battery , and afterwards , missing his way in the trenches , was taken prisoner by a sergeant of the Guards , in whose regiment Captain Keppel has a nephew , who is also Captain Keppel . So , the sergeant on inquiring who the former was , said , "Oh ! that won't do 4 you ' re not Captain Keppel ; come along with me ; " when , to finish the joke , he brought him by accident to another nephew , who is an officer in the Guards , when a laugh , of course , was the consequence . —Morning Post Correspondent . Commissar y-Gpnekal Filder has been succeeded by Commisaarx ' -General Sir George Maclean .
Tm £ Russian General Bodisco has been restored to his native country by the French Emperor . Before leaving , he addressed a letter to the Editor of the Courrier de VEttre , speaking in the highest terms of the generous kindness of the French people . The Cholera in the English camp continues to diminish . The Russians in a Panic . — General Simpson reports that on the night of the 22 nd of July the enemy opened a very heavy fire of musketry , both on the French and English lines , apparently under an apprehension of an attack by the Allies .
Wintering in tue Crimea . — The Government are making active preparations for again wintering the army of the Crimea . Ten firms have just entered into contracts to supply about 1000 huts for berthing the troops , to be ready for shipment within one month from the present time . Nkutrals . —The Russian Government has issued circulars again , complaining that the English Government has departed from the original policy with respect to the neutral flag covering the cargo , and pointing out that there is something very equivocal in Captain Watson ' s use of the phrase " Russian produce" instead of '' property , " in his statement of what will be permitted to leave the Russian ports .
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THE POLISH MEETING . Tub postponed meeting was held on Wednesday in St . Martin's Hall , when the Earl of Harrington , who was in the chair , made a speech , the chief object of which was to show that the restoration of Poland is a Conservative measure , patronised by Conservative statesmen , by Lord Castlereagh , Talleyrand , and Metteraich , by the former Russian Emperor Alexander , and by Austria , in 1831 , when Lord Palmerston nipped the scheme in the bud , out of a fear of a general European war . Still , Lord Palmerston was ' a great man" and " a friend of liberty . " At the mention of his name , however , the meeting groaned , aud one man called out " Palmerston is a humbug . " Groans were also given for Lord John Russell ; but when Lord Harrington mentioned
Napoleon ' a prophecy about Europe becoming " Republican or Cossack , " there was loud applause at the word'" Republican . " The Chairman ' s proposal was that we should enter Bessarabia , and there raise the standard of Poland . Lord Ebringtoii , whose appearance was the signal for great uproar , moved the following resolution : — " That it will afford the best security for the preservation of the balance of power in Europe , and tho protection of its liberties , that Poland should bo restored as u separate and independent State ; a measure the necessity of which has been recognised b 3 ' irioj > t of the grout Conservative statesmen of Europe . " He supported this resolution in a short speech ; and after it had been . seconded by Sir Robert Peel , who spoke warmly in favour of the restoration of Poland ,
Mr . Collett , amid much uproar and confusion , moved the following amendment to the resolution : — " That this meeting , cordially desiring the restoration of Polish nationality , cannot forget that the destruction of that nationality was mainly owing to the perfidious conduct of Lord Palmerston from 18 , 'Jl to 184 ( 5 . That so long as Lord Palmerston is a servant of the Crown no proposition for the restoration of Poland can bo anything but a delusion and a snare . That tho truth of this resolution ia proved by the fact that Lord Palim-rston has carried on tho war in nuch 11 manner as to avoid , as far as possible , injuring Russia , while ho has proposed terms of peace which would entirely destroy the independence of Turkey . "
Mr . Hart seconded tho amendment ; a . scone of confusion ensued ; Lord Harrington loft tho ball ; and , on a show of hands , Mr . <\» llott ' s resolution was carried , with only six dissentients . Tho meeting then separated , with tbroo cheers for tho Queen .
The Slow Poisoning Cash. Mit. Wool-Kit H...
THE SLOW POISONING CASH . Mit . Wool-Kit htiH been again examined and a ^ -aiu remanded . A variety of witnessoH gave testimony on Monday laat . Among them wan Air . Simpson , the curato of Great Bunion , who attended Mm . Woolor in her last illness , and who described tho conduct , of Mr . Wooler , at tho moment of his wife ' s death , aa being
rather indifferent ; but a fortnight before her decease he had asked Mr . Simpson to . offer up prayers publicly for her . Mr . Teesdale , chemist and druggist at Darlington , said he occasionally made up medicines for Dr . Jackson ( who prescribed for Mrs . Wooler ) , but that in no instance was there any arsenic . Sometimes there would be a very small portion of nux vomica ; but he could not tell whether that drug would produce tetanic spasms at death . Mr . Abbott , chemist , deposed to having sold Mr . Wooler an ounce of laudanum in June ; and the prisoner subsequently called , and said the laudanum was not strong enough .
The most important evidence was that of Mr . John Fotheringill , surgeon , of Darlington , who stated that he had lent Mr . Wooler an enema syringe ; that , upon its being returned , he found it stopped up ; and that a subsequent examination revealed the presence of arsenic . He had inquired whether arsenic is used in the preparation of enema syringes , and he was informed that it is not . Ann Taylor , Mr . Wooler ' s servant , stated that she had given Mrs . Wooler injections many times ; that half a
drachm , and subsequently a drachm of laudanum was put into each injection , and generally by her master ; that immediately after her master had given Mrs . Wooler a dose of a particular medicine , she vomited ; that she did not vomit after Dr . Jackson gave her the same medicine ; and that she vomited again upon her master once more giving it . When tLhis witness heard that her mistress had died of poison , she gathered up all the medicine bottles and put them in her box ; but she could not tell why she had done so , and upon this point exhibited a great deal of hesitation . The prisoner will be examined again to-day ( Saturday ) .
Our Civilisation. Assizk Casks. The Birm...
OUR CIVILISATION . ASSIZK CASKS . The Birmingham Gaol Cruelties . — Lieutenant Austin , R . N \ , late Governor of the Borough Gaol at Birmingham , and Mr . Blount , surgeon at the same prison , were tried at Warwick , on Friday week and Saturday , on a variety of counts , charging them with gross cruelty to the prisoners under their care . The facts ( which formed the subject of a Government Commission in 1853 ) were of so extraordinary and painful a kind that they must have impressed themselves on the minds of our readers too deeply to require repetition . It will therefore be sufficient to state that the suicide of a youth named Andrews , who was one of the prisoners specially subjected to ill-usage , first of all brought the facts to light ; and that the evidence taken before the
Commission has led to the present prosecution . Lieutenant Austin was found guilty with respect to the case of the boy Andrews ; but the jury declared both him and Blount not guilty on four other counts . One of these included the celebrated case of stufiing salt into the mouth of a man who was subject to epileptic fits , and of otherwise violently coercing him . In defence , it was urged that the man was in a state of temporary insanity , and was dangerous ; and that salt is given to epileptic people . A second indictment , containing eleven counts , charged Mr . Blount with omitting to make certain entries in the prison registers , as required by the rules ; and with treating medically a sick prisoner , named Dodson , in his
cell , instead of causing him to be removed to the infirmary . By the advice of his counsel the defendant pleaded guilty to six counts in the indictment , with certain reservations ; and the others were not pressed . With reference to tho omission to make the required entries , Sir Frederick Thesiger said , that , although certain prescribed rules had not been complied with , there had been a multiplicity of entries in the books . The fact was that a lax system had sprung up in the gaol , and neither the visiting magistrates , nor Mr . Perry , the prison inspector , had ever complained of tho omissions for which this indictment was laid . As to the removal of the sick prisoner to the infirmary , the answer of Mr . Blount was that he could be better treated in his cell .
An indictment containing similar charges for omitting to make entries relative to the punishment of prisoners was preferred against Lieutenant Austin , to which , by the advice of Mr . Kettle , he also pleaded guilty ; and , as to the residue of the indictments , a nolle prostqui was entered by the Crown . The defendants will in all probability bo called up to receive judgment next term . William Eohkkts has been found guilty of making dips for the purpose of coining . Peruvian half-dollars .
. TKAi . or . sv and Attkmitki > Mdrdek . — Fleming Coward was indicted at tho Carlisle Assizes for shooting at James M'Ncil , his brother-in-law . The prisoner had boon to Australia , whither , after a time , his wife was Bent to him . On her arrival , Coward , from some information lie had received , suwpectod her fidelity . ( Subsequently , as be had not prospered in Australia , be returned to England , and accused M'Neil of ruining him by having advised his leaving this country , though in faot lio had not so advised him . Certain demands for
compensation having been refused , the prisoner one day pursued M'Neil down tho street in which he lived , and llrod two successive shots at him , by the second of which he was wounded . The defence wua that Coward was insane .
but the jury found him guilty , and sentence of death was recorded- This , however , will of course be commuted . Joseph Meadows , who was found guilty at the last Worcestershire Assizes of the murder of a girl to whom he had been attached , was executed in front of the county gaol on Saturday . Our Makriage Law . —Joseph Bunn has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for bigamy . The jury recommended him to mercy , on account of his first wife having left him to live with another man . With his second wife he was shown to have lived most happily ; but the privilege of divorce being beyond his means , he is punished for not being able to rid himself of a companionship from which the House of Lords is quite ready to release him if the fees are paid . Edward Stuart Wilson has been sentenced to transportation for twenty years for forging a check on the Cumberland and Carlisle Bank for 5397 . 12 s . 8 d .
David Barnett And David Polack. Were On ...
David Barnett and David Polack . were on Friday week committed for trial on the charge of breaking into the premises of Messrs . Deane and Co . Shop Robbkrxes in the City and other parts of town appear to be on the increase . The premises of Messrs . Sanderson , silk manufacturers , Gresham-street , have been entered , and silk to a considerable amount has been abstracted . The thieves obtained an entrance by cutting a pane of glass from a skylight . —A great many gold and silver watches have been stolen from the shop of Messrs . Reeves and Sons , watchmakers , Newingtoncauseway . It is supposed that the burglars belong to the gang which has recently distinguished itself in the City . —Elijah Woolf and John Meyers , two foreigners ,
are under remand on a charge of robbery from the shop of Mr . May , silk manufacturer , of Bread-street , Cheapside . The prisoners had entered the shop as customers , and . it is suspected , abstracted the goods during the temporary absence of the master . —Antonio Zago , Thomaso Domanini , and Josippo Bevoli , Italians , have been charged before the Lord Mayor with stealing silk from the warehouse of Messrs . Rogers and Wroe , Cheapside , under pretence of examining goods to purchase them . — George Lewis is under remand , charged with breaking a pane of glass in the shop of a goldsmith and jeweller in Pentonville , and making off with a large amount of valuable property . Being hotly pursued , he was taken into custody .
Isaac Pinnock :, who was recently condemned to death for murder , has been reprieved , Thomas William Beal has been committed for trial on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery at the shop of Mrs . Barber , jeweller , & c , Cheapside . Robbing the Dead . —Two women have been found guilty at the Bodmin Assizes of robbing one of the dead bodies thrown on shore from the wreck of the John . Murder in Devonshire . —A man named Robert Hancock , a labourer , residing at Northam , a village Ln the north of Devon , being jealous of his wife , struck her with a hammer several times , and afterwards cut her throat . He was apprehended on Thursday week , and on the following day a coroner's inquest was held , when he was committed on a charge of wilful murder .
Outrage by Welsh Wokkjiex . —The house of Mr . Hyndc , one of the managers of the new British Iron Compare ' s Works at the Cefn ( high ground ) , about a mile and a half from the Ruabon station on the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway , has been attacked by five hundred men and women , who had taken offence against Mr . Hynde . That gentleman was himself absent from home at the time ; but his children were in the house , and were greatly alarmed at the bursting of the mob into the rooms , and at the devastation which they committed among the furniture , prints , & c . The children , however , concealed themselves , and escaped injury . Tiik Rochdale Murder . —Jonathan HeyWood , the supposed murderer , is in custody . He was absent from his home on the night of the murder , and has since passed by one or two false names . Another man had been previously arrested on suspicion .
A School for Thieves . — John Pierce , a beershopkeeper at a place called Hicknmirs-folly , Dockhead , and proprietor of a penny theatre , was summoned at the Southwark Police-court on a charge of permitting stage plays to be performed without a license . A policeinspector stated that on the evening of the 25 th of last month he went to the " folly , " where he e & w a variety of performances , ami , amongst the rest , a regular dramatic piece . Ho snid that the place was a perfect
nursery of crime , large numbers of young thieves of both sexes assembling there nightly . Pierces solicitor attempted to prove that his client bad not unlawfully permitted stage plays to bo performed " for hire or gain , " and set up a somewhat rambling defence ; but , as it was clearly proved that regular theatrical representations had , fo ' r some time past , bcon scon Roiiiff on , ana that the sons of the prisoner were observed to t « KO money , Mr . Combe lined Pierce 10 / . 0 » . » P ™ f to dose tho theatre , tho . nngtemHe said he would not
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1855, page 761, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_11081855/page/5/
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