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Aw ^ nff iheadvertiflementfl ^ Mijh appeared in W f Twes / , « tKthof last numth , there wafljme directed "To the ^ S ^ and affluent . " It spoke f ajerson in ^ e last *^™? f £ of ^ uffering . who , atthe eleventh hour , invoked fL Sd ^ Sfllowlreatties to alleviate the severity ^ ^ actress This advertisement caught the eye of a be-^ Si-alfc Bichara Forster ^ an architect ^ esidfnTattfo . 9 , -New Ormond , street . He ^ answered the a ^ ^ uncement , and immediately received a reply , which fitted that the writer was an unfortunate youttg woman , + Kp dauffbter of a merchant , who had been seduced , but who Wfcterlv repented of her crime . Mr . Porster sent her a 61 . note and Bubflequently a sovereign , A short time afterwards he received a second letter from the same person , breathing the warmest gratitude for his past kindness , and imploring ' yet a little further assistance to enable her to remove to a comfortable lodging in the Hampstead-road , which had- been ; : offered to her . "I was deceived , Mr .
. "Forster "—so runs the letter— " cruelly deceived , by a base and heartless villain . £ license was even purchased for our marriage . I believed aU ; nay heart knew no guile ; the deceptions of the world '" 1 ' hadscarcely ever heard of ; but too soon I found myself destroyed andlost-- ^ the best affec . tions of my heart trampled on , and myself infamous and disgraced . But I did not continue to Hve in sin ! Oh , no I I was despised , and loathed the villain who had so deceived me . Neither have I received , nor would I , one shilling fromhim . " In this piteous strain the letter continues . TV 6 or Mr . ITbrster again fell into the snare . He forwarded a post-oflSce order for SI , 19 * . 6 d ., which was duly received and pocketed by the rascal who concocted the letter . But this was his last victory . He was caught in the act , tried at the Middlesex sessions , and convicted . He is a very Old offender and swindler on a large scale .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIKTHS . On tho 29 th nit ., at Vernon-hill , Bishop ' s Waltham , Mrs , Arthur Helps : a daughter . On Thursday , the 29 th ult ., fit Swanscomb , Kent , Mrs . Bobert Owon White : a daughter . On the 2 nd inst ., at Byde , the wife of Captain Belgraye , of II . M . 8 . Hydra ; a daughter . On Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at 15 , Dean ' a-yard , WeBtminster , the wife of the Kev . H . QvLiddell : a daughter . MARRIAGES . On the 20 th ult ., at Boxmoor , Herts , Robert Michael Laflan , Captain Royal Engineers , of Othara . Kent , to Emma , eldest surviving daughter of the late William Norsworthy , Esq ., of Uxford-terrace , Hyde-park . On tho 1 st inst ., at Brussels , at the British Embassy , Hildobraiul Henry , eldest surviving son of Sir Henry T . Oakos , Bart ., to Bophia , widow of the late John Bond , Esq ., of Londonderry . On the 4 th inat ., at St . Panoras Now Church , Franols Henry llumptro , Esq ., of Lyme Kogis , Dorset , third son of the la * b ¦ iwlward Hallows Flumptre , E&q ., of Queen ' o-square , Bloomamiry , to Catherine XVanqea Alsager , sixth daughter of the lato luomas . Massa Alsagor , Esq ,, also of Queen ' s-squaro . „ . » UATHS . un board the ship Agincourt , returning from India , on Bun- ¦ < l ( vy , the 14 th of Maroh , Major George Tebba , 88 rd Begimont iiongal Native Infantry , Commandu « t of tho Begimont of ? f ° ^ poro f in tlie 42 nd . year of his age . bom lo 2 B"lult ,, at HoUnesdale-lodgo , Nutflold , Surrey , In the "MUi yewr of his age , Thomas Bugdbn , Esq ., for many years wiyor <> t tlio 2 nd ttoyal Surrey , and tho oldest mftgistrato and K"ty . -Moutonant of tho county . wftii to lBt inBt - at Thetflord . Norfolk , aged 70 , Thomas Bid-OliinVoiV ' - of i Glouoestor-plftoe , Portmwj-square , formerly n ° T , « m the Sewotoryof Sfcate'fl-offloo forlToroign Attairs . in « , » lnst 7 ftt ; hia residence , 60 , Groavonor-stroet , to tho isK e 8 Blb ^ P ** of hi » iamlly , JoSm balrymple , JT . B . B ., in tho fW J ndtty . t"o 3 rd Inst ., at 10 , Chester-place , Eogonffl-park , It , ni ou j y , dftu ?! ltor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and widow of * u > my . Nelson ^ oloridgo , Esq ., aged 48 . Q mr ^ n ^ imb " " & si JoWi-aquare , aged 71 , John uSv ^ hrano , Ebci ., Beorotary and Librarian to the London ubriw y , dooply taunted und much respected ,
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Satfeday , May 8 . Iif the House of Commons , on the question that at its rising it do adjourn until Monday , Mr . Hume complained that the Property Tax Bill had been read a second time at nearly two o ' clock that morning , after many members had lef t the House , not expecting that a bill of so much importance should have been proceeded with at so late an hour ; and he took occasion to say , that the House ought not to continue a bill so unjust in its operation without a pledge from the Government that they would carry out the Free-trade principle by removing all protective duties , so as to put the agriculturist and all other interests upon an equal footing .
An animated but somewhat irregular discussion followed , which occupied nearly two hours . The House then went again into committee Upon the Militia
Bill . A division took place upon the question of filling up the second blank iri the 7 th clause with the words " fifty thousand j" which was affirmed by 135 against 61 . The next hjtemk was filled by the words " thirty thousand / ' the number of men to be raised in 1853 , without a division . Mr . BeiGHt moved a proviso to the clause ,
exempting officers and men from any corporal punishment . Major Beeesioed objected that this distinction between the regular army and the militia would be derogatory to , the former , and that no case had been made out for placing two portions of our military force under different laws . The proposition gave rise to a discussion upon the general question of flogging in the army , which went on to a great length , and grew at last so warm as to call for the interference of the
Chairman . At the close of the discussion , Mr . Waxpoijs said , the general question , whether it was advisable to do away with corporal punishment , could not be determined at that moment , but as the Mutiny Act had passed ; whereby the soldiers of the regular army were liable to corporal punishment , the only question was whether the militia should be placed upon a better
footing . He thought that the soldiers in the regular army would in such a case feel themselves degraded , and that if corporal punishment were done away with in the militia , it should be done away with in all tho forces . The Committee having divided , the proviso was rented by 199 against 92 . ? The ^ HAiEMAN then reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Monday ; so that tlio 7 th clause is not yet decided upon .
In the course of the debate , Lord John Rttbseix made the following general reply to the observations of Mr . Disraeli , respecting the training of tho people to the use of arms . " If it were said , as ho understood the Chancellor of tho Exchequer had said , that it was desirable a portion of the population should be trained to tho use of arms , then it was not only desirable , but it was essential , that those men should have tho good of tho country at heart , and that they should bo men of respectablo cliaractor , upon whom rdlianco might bo placed , not merely when tho onomv was at tho gate ' sbut under a ll circumstances , as
, man of loyalty and good conduct . That was an essential object which tho Itoueo ought to Bocure , and if it woro an essential object , then he thought tho manner in winch it was proposed to raise this body of men . was most unsatisfactory . He should say that this provision was of tho very essence of tho bill , But thon ho was told that if tho Houso expressed any distrust upon this point , they would bo exprooeing distrust of tho people of ^ England . Now , tor lus part , ho could conceive no answer more absurd , wifcn roirard to a aueation of this kind , than that of saying . that .
bocauso it was suppoaod possible that persons would onusc for tho eako of tho six guineas , and then not bo forthcoming , that thoroforo thoso who might so think actually mistrustod tho pooplo of England . Why , tho pooplo ot England wore cortamly divided into many diflbronfc classes , and ho could not conscientiously say that tho wholo population of thie great country woro fit to bo trusted on ovory occasion . " ( Hoar , hoar . ) Sir Ejdwaed Buxton ' S bill to authorise treating at County Elections was defeated . On tho motion that it bo road a first tinao , Mr . Cobben protested aguiiwt the principle of tlio bill , which , an ho c oiwidorod ,
authorized corruption . The bill was supported by Liord Galway , Mr . K . Seymer , Lord B . Grosvenor , Sir J « Tyrell and Mr . Booker ; and opposed by Mr . Roebuck , Mr . W . Brown , and Mr . W . Williams . Sir B . BlTXTON said , his reason for introducing his bill was that it was almost if not quite impossible ^ that , according to the spirit of the rules of that House , a member could positively declare that his election had been conducted in a perfectly pure manner . Upon a division the motion was negatived by 77 against 61 : so the bill is lost .
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News up to the 1 st of April arrived yesterday from the Cape by the Harbinger . The Mieycera had reached her destination after a passage of 77 days . So slow " was her progress that the crew and soldiers were placed on half-rations during the last part of her voyage * She took fire three times during the voyage . The ships of the General Screw Steam Packet Company perform the voyage in half the time . The Hydra , carrying General Cathcart and his suite , arrived at the Cape on the 31 st of March . On the arrival of the Governor an address was presented to him , when his Excellency expressed his hope that the Constitution would do for the Cape colonists all that they expected from it .
The intelligence from the seat of war is , on the whole , satisfactory ; Sir Harry Smith had left King "William ' s Town , entered the Waterkloof , and seemed determined to follow the enemy to the Amatola mountains , where they were assembled under Sandilli . " The principal events in Caffraria says a Cape paper , since the last steamer , comprise some successful operations under the Civil Commissioners of Colesberg and Cradock against the Tambookies ; Colonel Percival ' s attack on Stook Gamp , which he destroyed , and two severe engagements in the Waterkloof . The first was an attack on a force under Colone l Yarborough ( forming part of General Somersets division ) , which was compelled to fall back on some ruins at Bushneck , after sustaining considerable loss . Colonel
Yarborough was severely wounded in the thigh , and his party placed in imminent danger , until relieved by a squadron of rifles under Captain Carey . The other was the successful operations in the Waterkloof against Macomo , by the divisions under Colonels Eyre and Michel , when his head-quarters , which , had hitherto been deemed inaccessible , were destroyed . The loss sustained by the enemy has been very great , and their expulsion , from this quarter maybe regarded as the most favourable event during the present war . Our casualties on these two-occasions were —killed : Lieutenant the Hbn , H . Wrottesley , 43 rd Li ght Infantry , and 12 rank and file . Wounded ; Colonel Yarborough , 91 st ; Captain Bramley , Cape Mounted Rifles and Ensign Hibbert , 91 st ( all severely ); and 37 rank and file . "
The CanVes continue to avoid a general action , and they frequently leave their wives and families to the mercy of their opponents . The cruelty of their conduct to their unfortunate English captives is of a most horrible character , and the details given by the CafFro women of the protracted tortures inflicted are in tho highest degree painful . By the Herman , -which reached Liverppl yesterday , from New York , wo have news up to the 24 th of April . Kossuth .
had boon well received at Now Haven . A telegraphic despatch from Washington , in tho Now York papers , Bays , that— " Chevalier Hulscmann has obtained leave of ahsonce from his Government , for an indefinite period , and will shortly leave for Europe . This has been granted him in consequence of his representations that he could hold no intercourse of any kind with Mr . Webster . Ho will , therefore , absent himself till Mr . Webster retires from tho State department . Tho friendly relations between tho two Governments ore not , however , interrupted . "
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Yesterday Mr . Bethel was heard on behalf of Miss Wagner , before Sir J . Parker . Tlio court was crowded to excess . Mr . Bethel asked that tho order for tho ex parte injunction might bo discharged . His grounds were , that Dr . Bacher , who had negotiated the alleged engagement of Miss Wagner with Mr . Lumley , had transcended his powers by signing a contract , containing a prohibitnry clause , to which Miss Wagner and her father did not consent ; that , further , tho contract was broken by tho non-payment of tho caution
money on tho appointed day , against which a notarial protest had boon duly made ; that tho phrase " England was only to bo valued for the Bake of her money / ' had been so mistranslated by Mr . Luinloy , and that tho original simply meant , " England rewards only by money ; " that Mr . Lumley hud also misdated » n important letter by one week ; and ho also mentioned that Miss Wagner was seriously affected in health by thoso proceedings . The further hearing was deferred to this day . ¦
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Ma * 8 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 439
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HEALTH OF IiONDOK DUEING THE WEEK . In- ^ the week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths registered in London was 1026 ; which is nearly the same as m the previous week . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years . 1842-51 the average was 903 , which , if raised in . proportion to increase of population , becomes 993 . Compared with the calculated amount , the mortality of last week exhibits an-excess of 93 ; and hence it appears that though , as was shown in last return , the public health has improved since March , it is not yet in so favourable a state as might be expected at this period of the year . In comparing the results of the last two weeks it-will be seen that there is again a sli ght increase in d 0 aths referred
to the principalpulmonary complaints , except consumption , those caused by bronchitis having risen from 71 to 86 , those by pneumonia from 61 to Q 7 , and the total of this class from 172 to 187 i while the corrected average of the ten weeks corresponding to last is 146 . The zymotic class has also increased in the two weeks from 204 deaths to 232 ( while the corrected average is 490 ) , arising partl y from scarlatina . This , disease , which was fatal in the previous week to 38 children , numbered last week 46 cases , and prevails considerably at present ; hooping cough rose from 35 to 42 . Last week the births of 806 boys and 730 girls , in all 1536 children , were registered in London . In the seven
corresponding weeks of the years 1846-62 the average number was 1433 . At tho Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 inches on Tuesday ; the mean of the week was 29 * 762 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 48 min . 6 deg ., which is rather below the average of the earns week in ten years . The mean daily temperature was bolow the average on Sunday , Tuesday , Wednesdayyand Saturday , and above it on Monday , Thursday , and Friday . It was lowest on Tuesday , when it was only 42 min . 6 deg ., and highest on Friday , when it was 53 min . 8 deg . The generaldirection of the wind was E . N . E . during the first three days , then S . W ., and on Saturday N . N . E .
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters We receive , Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Mo notice can be taken ! of anonymous communications . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for pubUcation , but as a guarantee . of his good faith ; We cannot undertake ' 'to ^ return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should to iaddressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . ;
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Mr . Hadfiold has boon Trointroducod to tho olectorfl of Shofliold , andconsoquontly Mr . Overond ( Tory ) will bo put up , thus i ^ orilling tho return of Mr . Boobuek . Sir Ji \ Thosigor has addrossod tlio electors of Stamford as a " supporter of Lord Derby . " Lord Norroys rotiros from Oxfordshire , taunting tho present ministry with loading tho farmers to oxpoot a return of protootivo dutioB when in opposition , and now adopting a contrary principlo .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1852, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1934/page/11/
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