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1042 THE LEADER. [No. 397, Octobeb 31.18...
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Snf6trijA.K Case of Fraud.—A young man, ...
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MISCELJjANEiJUS. Tjie Court.—The Quocn, ...
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Central Criminal Court. This Court Resum...
y hter injuries from falling about during a drunken fit , nd indeed suggested that line of defence to the husana ' s counsel . The -woman was a confirmed drunkard , rhile the man is represented as a hard-working , respective person . 'Mary Anne Wood has been found Guilty of setting ire to some oakum with intent to bum the Marylebone rorkhouse . She was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour .
1042 The Leader. [No. 397, Octobeb 31.18...
1042 THE LEADER . [ No . 397 , Octobeb 31 . 1857
Snf6trija.K Case Of Fraud.—A Young Man, ...
Snf 6 trijA . K Case of Fraud . —A young man , named John Singleton Copley Hill , described as aa accountant , has been tried at th « Reading Sessions on a charge of obtaining 50 ? ., by means of false pretences , from Mr . Pole , a grocer at Reading . Hill Trent to the house of Mr . Pole , and said he was authorized by the house of Caster and Co ., of Old Jewry Chambers , London—an establishment doing business as agents for the collection of debts—to require the payment of Mr .. Pole ' s liabilities . He first of all demanded the sum of 45 / . 12 s . 3 d . ; and a cheque for that amount was given . He then asked for 1147 . 14 s . on another account , and Mr .. Pole said he -would give a cheque for that also . But Hill said , " There is no use in your doing that , for to-morrow
mornmg I shall Teceive by post authority to demand of you 800 J . due to yoTU- creditors . " Mr . Pole was quite startled by this announcement , and indeed it appears that he did not owe a quarter of that amount . « Hill then suggested that Mr . Pole should let him look into the books , adding , " There was a meeting of your creditors yesterday at Caster and Co . ' s , who are authorized to act for them ; and i have in my possession notices O"f bankruptcy . " He mentioned the names of the persons signing these notices ; but among them was a house to which no debt was then due . Mr . Pole consulted his solicitor , who advised him to let Hill see the books . This was done , and Hill proposed to take off three
fourths of the booi debts as being possibly bad ; to estimate the stock in hand at one-half its Value ; and to fix the worth of the household furniture at 2 O 0 Z . or 300 £ Finally , he said to Mr . Pole , "If you will give me 50 ? ., we will get yon through for 12 s . 6 d . in the pound . "We will divide the debt you have already paid rne } and I will return the amount in the statement I will send up to your creditors in London . " Mr . Pole indignantly refused to accede to such terms ; and , having telegraphed to one of the alleged creditors , ascertained that the statements of Hill were wholly false . A verdict of Guilty -was returned , coupled with a recommendation to mercy . The Recorder sentenced Hill to- a year ' s hard labour .
Execution at Aberdeen . —John Booth , convicted of murdering his mother-in-law at Old Meldrum , last Jiily , has been executed by Calcraft . He addressed the crowd , contradicting his statement made to the Judge in court , that his wife ' s unfaithfulness , abetted by her mother , had led to the mnrder . Murder and . Attempted Scictde . — Henry Barker , a gardener in the employ of Mr . John Maisters , Register House , Beverley , has killed the housemaid of the same gentleman , to whom he was engaged to be married , and
has also cut his own throat , though not with immediately fatal results . The girl was missed for a time , and her fellow servants searched the garden , which "was very large , but without finding her . They discovered , however , that Baker had left his house , and had taken his razors with him . The police were communicated with , and the garden was searched by them with greater closeness than it had been by the servants . It was not long before they discovered tbe man and the woman with their throats horribly cut—the latter dead , the former only just alive .
Middlesex Sessions . —Thomas Baatin , a young man , assistant to a pawnbroker , has been tried on a charge of robbing a girl of the town of a ring valued at fourteen Bbillings . He was 5 n the habit of visiting her , and one day took the ring , and never returned it . She afterwards met him at Cromorno , and tax « d him with the theft , which he at first denied , but afterwards acknowledged taking the ring in joke . He added that he had lost it ; but it ultimately found its way into tho hands of Mb father , who returned it to the girl . Bastin was Acquitted .
Gatherings From The Law Antd Police Cour...
GATHERINGS FROM THE LAW ANTD POLICE COURTS . A meeting for the proof of debts in tho bankruptcy of the Hastings Old Bank , and for tho examination « f one . of tho chief partners , was hold in tho Court of Bankxuptcy last Saturday . Mr . Jarnea Hilder , who is about eighty-seven years of age , and who spoko with great reluctance , w « h questioned at considerable longtli . It appears that lie managed the Robertsbridge hranch ; that the books were irregularly kept ; that the p > rivate ledger had been destroyed einco tho bnnkruptcy l > y Iiib wife , ' who wbb not of a mind that it should injure liia character ; ' that Mr . Hildor frequently ^ ave largo surnn of , money to his eon John ( now on the Continent ]) , -with the understanding that they were not to be returned ; that this son was told he might draw to any amount ho liked ; that , for somo little whilo before tho bank Btoppcd , Mr . Hildor , aenior , knew that it won in a very preeariouH position ; that tho two Sinithn , tho chiuf prrprietorn , were largely indebted to tho concern , and had boen « o for many yoojB : that at ono time the debt of Mr . Tildcn
Smith was about seven or eight thousand pounds more than the amount of notes they had in circulation ; and that Mr . Hilder had made a settlement upon his son John of everything he possessed , excepting his household furniture and his share in the bank . Mr . Hilder , it seems , had also had another son , named James , born before wedlock , and now dead , to whom he had paid , in all , between 12 , 000 ? . and 13 , 000 ? . He was under the impression that he had bound John not to give James any of the property settled on the former . He wished * to keep James from ruining the family . ' The proceedings were adjourned . Evidence was given in the CoTirt of Bankruptcy on Thursday in support of the charges against Mr . Samuel Adams , the banker of Ware and Hertford , of having pnt forth untrue accounts , and concealed a sam of 350 0 ? . from his creditors . A summons was issued for his appearance in court on the following Thursday morning . Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque has granted a certiacate of the second class in the case of W . Hadfield , a merchant of Liverpool , and late of Constantinople . Francis Allen , a newsvendor of Bath-street , City , is under a remand at Guildhall on a charge of stealing a ream of London Journals from the shop of Mr . Clark , Warwick-lane . He is also suspected of thieving other property to a large amount .
The Floods. The Heavy Rains Which Fell T...
THE FLOODS . The heavy rains which fell towards the close of last week have caused serious floods , especially in the eastern parts of the country . Some of the culverts on the Eastern Counties Railway were so overcharged that they burst , and damage was done to the line ; but it was repaired in a day or two . In the meanwhile , however , the traffic was suspended , the line" at * , different points being under -water , and the road partly destroyed . The Lea river burst its embankments , and the adjoining marshes were for some days covered with water . The country for miles round presented the appearance of a
large lake , with small islands of trees standing up here and there . Several boats rowed about over that which had been dryland , and a vast amount of property , including several , haystacks , fell before the advancing torrents . The station on the North Woolwich line at Stratford was inundated to the depth of several feet , and the officials had to fly with , some precipitation . The farmers have i > een great sufferers . One of them has lost fifty sheep , besides some cattle , and on one farm the upper soil of the fields was carried away by the violence of the waters . The barns and other farm buildings were inundated to the depth of several feet , while the farm houses themselves have not escaped serious injury .
From Burnham , a sad catastrophe is reported . A wedding in the town had been attended by a party of yonng farmers from the neighbouring district , and two of them were on their way home at night , in a horse and gig , when they were met by the flood . One of them , Mr . James Kham , on jumping down to secure the horse , was swept away by the torrent and drowned . His . body was found next day some distance from the spot . At Colchester Camp , the storm on the niglit of Thursday week was severely felt , and a high wall adjoining the military road was carried down , by the wind and the flood .
Between Hertford and Welwyn the rising of the water ha 8 been very great . The lower parts of the former town have been flooded . At a neighbouring village , Murden , a blacksmith who loft home on the Thursday evening was overcome by the flood , and was carried away by a stream leading from Seacombo pond- His j body , much mutilated , was found on the following morning . At Chelmsford , the Chelmer overflowed its banks , ' and a farmer is reported to have , lost bus life . At Col-1 Chester , the rain came down in torrents , and for an hour ' or two on Thursday week there was thunder and
light-: nin , g . In Kent and Surrey , tbe fall of the rain appears I to liave been nearly na great as on the northern side of | the metropolis . At Greenwich , Lewisham , and on tho | banks of tho Kavensbournc , the floods destroyed much I property . The torrent from the hills swept away trees , plantations , stacks , & c . For several hours , the lower part of Lewisham was completely under water , the houses were inundated , and the inmates were compelled to seek rofugo in tho upper floors , where they remained until tho flood had subsided . A similar scene was witnessed in some parts of Greenwich , where several houses were inundated to the extent of three or four feot .
Misceljjaneijus. Tjie Court.—The Quocn, ...
MISCELJjANEiJUS . Tjie Court . —The Quocn , Prince Albert , tbe Prince of Wales , the Prince . nH Itoynl , nnd Prince Alfrod , viHited tho CountCHH de Nouilly at Claremont last Saturday morning . They afLerwiirdn went to > Hampton Court Palace , an * T then returned to Windsor . 1 Bio Bkn 1 Cuaoiusik—It wan dUcovorcd la . st Saturday that the cclobrutad now bell in tho chick lower of tbe IIouhch of l'arliitmcnt w iih cracked . ' Big Bon' is , therefore , \ ihc . 1 chh , and must bo recast at a grout expense to the nation . It i * alleged that the boll won unfairly tried by being struck when only in a temporary ami dinadvantngeouH position ; and it w also Btate . d that , it wan h truck in u vury injudicious manner . However thw may be , ' Big Hen' for tlie present In no more . SOUHCK OF TUB \ Voitl > ' TlXHUItAai . ' Thfi 1 iihJ . V . iiir _
lish journals all contain a new word which will don > 7 less come into immediate use on both sides of tha At " lantic- In speaking of a telegraphic despatch , they can it a ' telegram . ' But this is not a term of Enki u Co ? n age ; it was used by some of our country contemporS a year or two ago , the Syracuse Sowmat , if we mistaE , not , having invented it . It has rather a queer look a ? first ; but it is a very convenient term , and it will S 0 S become familiar to the eye . —New York Times , f'Queer " by the -way , is thought to be a dang voru , and it is one vyhich hardly serves any purpose ; but ' telegram' k certainly a useful coinage , whatever the scholars mav say . ] "" v
The late Smuggling Case at Lkcth :. —The Provost of Leith has received a communication from the Board of Customs in answer to a memorial adopted at a public , meeting there , relative to the case of nine men of the steamer Holyrood , who , in default of payment of 100 i each , were lately sentenced to imprisonment during her Majesty ' s pleasure for being found on board of a vessel in which was a quantity of smuggled tobacco , statinc that the board have directed the immediate release of aU the parties concerned except Dixon , against whom it appeared , from the report of the evidence submitted to the board , that the evidence was stronger than against the other parties . Is it Possible ?—The Leicestershire Mercury announces that Lord Palmerston has " giv « n a pension of 50 / . a year to Mr . S . II . Bradbury , a gentleman writing under the signature of ' Quallon . ' We have more than
once , in our literary columns , noticed some very indifferent poetry by Mr . Bradbury ; and his appearance on the pension list is certainly a surprise to us . Even if his faculty were considerable , the justice of ' making him a grant of public money before he has won his spurs would be open to reproof . The fund set aside for mea of approved genius is but srnalL and . should ¦ only ' be given in cases where the recipient has earned a high , position by years of service , or by some signal achievement , and where he really requires it as a means of life . Mr . Bradbury , we believe , is young , and he is connected with the provincial press ; so that he cannot be in want . From his last volume of poems it would seem that Lord
Palmerston takes a peculiar interest in him ; but that is no reason why 50 ? . a year of public money should be intercepted from those who have grown grey with lifelong toil ? . If every writer of a'few ., volumes of verse - is to have a pension , the demands on the national exchequer in that direction will be very large . Mr . Layahd and Mb . Mackay . —Mr . Mackay has written to the papers to explain that the letter to him from Mr . Layard which was published last week found its way into a Liverpool paper by accident ; that it was ' written partly in jest ; ' that he owes an apology to Sir . Layard for its appearance in print ; and that , for himself , he is content , in these dull times , that ' tho public should have a laugh at his expense . '
Thk Siamesk Embassy landed at Portsmouth , on Wednesday . They were received by a guard of honour ; breakfasted in state at the Admiralty House ; were shown over the dockyard , which greatly astonished them ; walked about the town ; took up their temporary quarters at the George Hotel , within the garrison ; and in the evening went to tho Theatre Royal . They were objects of great curiosity to tho vulgar , who almost stared them out of countenance . " Tho chief Ambassador , " say-s the Tim & s , " acknowledges to the luxury of fifty-eight wives , and it is related of him that on going round the dockyard to-day his eye lighted on a young , lady whom he would havo liked to mako the fifty-ninth at the purchase-money of 301 ) 0 / . This was relat ed to us by a lady to whom the lias torn Mormon confessed the weakness , with whose charms ho also acknowled ged himself smitten . " The nmbaasadurs michod London by one o ' clock on Thursday morning .
Tins'Ii . LusTRATiCD Invkntou . '—" VVo . huvc received the first number of a new illustrated journal under tliis title , and , ho far us wo may jud ^ o from a lirnt glance , it appears to us , if not to nil an obvious void , » * <' 10 CftUt - phrase of new journals runs , nt all events to fullU a very useful and ornamental oilicc , and at least hi material respect * , to bo a creditable nnd moritoriouB production-Its speciality , wo presume , will be . to represent art nn <» science particularly , ns the Illustrated London Jfcws represents the world and its doinga generally-Lkcturus on Iniua . — Tho ltev . John Bellow delivered an interesting lecture upon tho pnHt und present state of India on Tuoaduy evening last , at tho Assembly Rooms , St . John'h- -wood . Tbe room was crowded to excess , and ninny having been unablo to obtiiin lidmisfiion , Mr . Bollew has consented to repeat tho locturo on Monday evening next at Exeter Hall . Tlw proeuad * will be handed over to tho Indian Relief Fwxl .
Navigation of thk Indian Uivkiw . —W » ' lcftrn that the ' Orion tal Inland Ste-am < Jom |>»» y has ordered two traiim of burgos , propollod l > y nt < mni on Mr . Bourne ' s plan , for the navigation of th <; I »< hw ftU J ' its branches . Each train conaintn of a Ht « t « iii- "vC 3 BCl towing three cartfo-lmrges , ono paHaoiiKor-buWi ( l 111 ' ? troop-hargo , making si . v xcsbcIh iu all . 'l'lic two limns will tbor < jforo coiitnin twelve vuhhcIh ; and them ; viwijlH , it iH expected , will be plying > " l » 1 ( li ' wilhi" iwelvtmonths from the . piwe . nt time " . Tlie trains , when l «( lt" » will not draw more , than two feet of water ; « ml e «» J « train will carry on thin draught a good many huiidroua
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 31, 1857, page 1042, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_31101857/page/10/
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