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Mr . Chambers : And expresses his regrefc . The Chief Justice : Of course he does . : There appearing some objection to this on the part of Captain Scott , with whom his counsel was in consultation , The Chief Justice said : If gentlemen put themselves into the hands of their -friends , they do as they tell them ; if they put themselves into the hands of their counsel ., who are calmer , they won't ; be Seconds for this occasion . Mr . Chambers : I know what a second would say . Sir A . Cockburn ' : If your Lordship thinks Captain Scott should express his regret , through me he does so . After the explanation Captain Scott withdraws all imputation on Captain Naas , and , through me , expresses regret at having said the words imputed to him . The Chief Justice ( to Mr . Chambers ) : I think you ouglxt to be satisfied .
The foreman of the jury expressed an opinion that the apology was satisfactory , and Mr . Chambers accepted it . A verdict was thereupon found for the plaintiffdamages 40 * .
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" THAT IS ENGLISH FEELING . " These words were used by Lord Palmerston in the House on Monday week , when he told the story of the butcher who called an assailant a " cowardly rascal " for striking a man when he had a knife in his hand and could not return the blow . We subjoin a letter , which is also an illustration of English feeling ; suppressing the names for obvious reasons , as we conceive that the publication of a letter in the Leader is a guarantee of its authenticity : — - 26 th May , 1852 . Sik , —I have read with intense pleasure an account in the Weekly News of a projected shilling fund to be entrusted to Mazzini and Kossuth , and feeling a lively interest in the cause of freedom all over the world , I shall eagerly embrace this opportunity of using my humble endeavours in so practical a manner as this fund affords . Will you kindly inform me whether I can be entrusted with a collecting card for the above purpose , as I should wish to do all I can among my friends—also to whom the money as collected is to be paid , and any other information you may deem requisite for the successful carrying out of this scheme ? Being a total stranger to you , I presume you will require some guarantee as to my respectability , and the nearest party "" to you to whom I can refer is ———— , of the Burlington Arcade , who has known me for many years , and who will satisfy you as to . my trustworthiness . My name and address you will find in this letter . I am in the employment of , an umbrella manufacturer ; and if any further information is required , I beg to say that I have for years sustained the office of a lay preacher , for confirmation of whichstatement I can refer you to , of the Stock Exchange . I am thus particular , because I wish to avoid a disappointment in receiving a card , for it appears to mo that a very grand result may be attained by this proposed effort , and as it is one which comes within the range of my humble sphere , I should feel condemned were I not to engage in it . I have long- felt that the most effectual way to combat the incarnated despotism of Rome—the fountain-head of moral and physical slavery—is to afford some practical assistance to the party represented by Mazzini ; in short , that by aiding tho Italian people to emancipate themselves , wo shall bo aiming a death-blow at despotism everywhere . May tho God of truth , and justice , and love , nervo our hearts and hands for this holy enterprise . There are thousands of true-hearted sons of freedom among the- working-men of England , who only want such a practical effort as this to prove their sympathy with tho oppressed , and amongst these there are many truly religious men , who believe that " God hath mado of one blood all the nations of men , " and who arc longing for some means of manifesting their feeling of human brotherhood . This shilling subscription will just meet their cade , and I desire to co-oporato heartily in so good a cause , for I have a wife and child , a happy English home , and my heart bleeds Jor those outraged human brothers whom despotism has deprived of those comforts I feel grateful for possessing . With fervent desires for tho success of this movement , and hoping to receive from you a favourable reply to my application for a card , &c . I remain , your obedient servant , To 8 . M . Hawkos . W . G . I ) . We arc proud to beliovo that this kind of English feeling , notwithstanding all that may bo said of our " island pride , " is not rare among the British people ; and wo are glad to make public the above instance , so highly creditable to tho hearfcincsH of tho writer . Let others follow where W . G . I ) , leads tho way . But how long " happy honion" could subsist under tho reign of MalmeHbury-Bonnparfco wo lcnvo our readers to determine !
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A STRANGE STORY ! Tub neighbourhood of Vienna , has for nomo years post been infested with highwaymen , who , for- a long timo , hauled tho efforts of tho police . On u fino ljight in October , 1848 , Mr- Edward C . Brooks , a rich merchant of London , wuh travelling towards Vicuna with his wife , and her younger sister . When they were within throo miles of the city , in tho most populous part of tho country , thoir carriage was stopped . A man appeared at tho window , und politely demanded thoir valuables . Mr . Brooks , jn reply , fired n pistol , as he thought , at tho robbor , who foil as if wounded :
but the bullet had been met by the extended arm of the younger lady ; who was that moment offering a purse to the robber . The report immediately brought up the robber band in such force that all resistance to them was hopeless . But on tearing open the door of the carriage , the sight of the wounded lady lying in the arms of her sisterj while Mr . Brooks , still unconscious-that he had caused the wound , was vainly trying to stanch the blood which flowed in . torrents , made the robbers pause , when a groan from their prostrsite
leader attracted their attention . But he was only slightly wounded , the arm of the lady having broken the force of the bullet . Ho was soon able to mount and ride off , leaving strict orders to his followers not only to refrain frdni plundering the Englishman , hut to give him every assistance in reaching Vienna . They obeyed his orders faithfully , and Mr . Brooks was so much struck by their conduct , that he sent by them a valuable diamond ring to their chief as a token of his gratitude . Miss Perry , the wounded lady , recovered after considerable suffering .
Similar robberies have since been committed in the neighbourhood at intervals , the most wealthy always being chosen as victims . Miss Perry , who has since been married to a Welsh gentleman , named Trewyth , arrived in Vienna with her husband in last January . Among their acquaintance was a Lombard nobleman named Baron Pregli , who has resided at Vienna for the last ten years , apparently enjoying immense wealth . He became very intimate with Mrs . Trewyth , and was seen so often in her company as to excite surprise .
On the 2 nd of March , to the astonishment of the public , his house was surrounded by the public officers , and he was soon after conveyed , under strict guard ; to the prison assigned to political offenders . He had no hearing , and the public were left for some time to speculate upon the cause of his iinprisonmemt . At length the tale has come out , in spite of the precautions to keep it secret , for the honour of the nobility . Baron Pregli had fallen deeply in love with Mrs . Trewyth , and his advances were not- encouraged . In
a fit of despair , he showed her a ring—the very ring which her brother had given to the leader of the robbers . He implored her , as she had saved him from death at the hand of her brother , now to become his . But the lady was impregnable ; she , however , promised to keep his secret if he would no more molest her . But as he soon after made an attempt to carry her off , she gave the information which led to his arrest . The baron appears to have been in the pay of the police—which circumstance no doubt enabled him to elude them . -
The New York Tribune is our authority for this story ; but whether it be true or not , we have no means of judging .
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ELIZA AND MAHOMET . Eliza , tho former companion of Mahomet Abraham , made her last appearance , on Saturday , before Alderman Wire . She is said to have been respectably dressed , and to have conducted herself with great propriety . Her father explained that arrangomonts had been made for her passaga to America . Alderman Wire : Am I to understand that you are willing to go abroad ? Eliza : Certainly , my lord . I am most desirous to take my immediate departure , and I beg to be allowed to return thanks for tho humanity with which 1 have been treated , and tho opportunity that has boon given to mp of retrieving my character . Alderman Wire : I am vory glad to hear your determination ; tho life- which you havo been leading has been such as to bring disgrace upon yourself and your family , and now that you havo tho complete opportunity of making amends for your past follies , I trtfcb you will not disappoint those who have , in consoquenco of the mannor in which you havo acted while under our care , begun to form , a very favourable opinion of you . I now deliver you up to your father , nnd I impress upon you tho necessity of reflecting upon tho dreadful evils you havo just boon dolivorcd from .
Eliza bowed respectfully to tho alderman , and assured him that sho would nover forgot cither tho misery from which fiho had boon roscued , or tho benevolence eho had mot with from tho magistrates of London . In tho courso of tho week , tho Lord Mayor recoived several letters from tradesmen and others about to emigrate to Australia and California , making proposals of marriago to tho girl , and assuring his lordnlnp that they would treat her with tho groatcst kindness In tho distant countries to which they wore anxious to introduce hor .
Mnhoinot himself Avas brought up again bofbro Alderman . Hooper , on Monday . Tho alderman : addressed , hi in in tho following words : I havo boon ondoavouring to got you « ent back to your own country , as you havo oxproHaod your wish to go tlioro ; but I find that ihero aro difficulties which I cannot control in tho attempt to do what you wish . You havo npw been in prison upwards of a fortnight , and I consider that confinement a su / IIcicnt punishment for tho oflenco you havo committed in bogging . I now discharge you ; but I caution you against your practice of bogging . Tho great traffic in tho City requires that our pavement ehould not be encumbered by those who
seek relief for their necessities , or for any other obiects The orders which are given are not at all intended to do * injury to the poorer classes . There is nointention of doinga violence to humanity in carrying out our regulations but we must notbe-infested by -beggars * andT , therefore * caution you against ever appearing hero again . You have been separated from your companion , anil -you are never likely to meet with her again , and I advise you to droD that sort of business altogether . ¦ ' . •¦• e . Abraham : I thank you , my lord . Shall ITiave my doa again ? ' ; . "•¦• . ¦ " ¦ ¦ '¦ - ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦" . - : ' ¦>¦¦ .: ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ . . . . * . " Alderman Hooper : Yes , and you shall be sent to the union , where you will be disposed of according 1 to the regulations of the house . ;
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. ;; . ; A NOISY NUISANCE . . / ¦ - / . ; " Mr . W / iiii . iAM Clark * a tradesman of St . George ' s in the East , was brought before Mr . Yardiey , on Saturday , on the charge of having been drunk and disorderl y , and of having assaulted a policeman . On Mr . Yardiey fining him : forty shillings , he became very . noisy , complaininl that he was ill-used . He refused to " stand down '' from the dock , and violently resisted the . attempts of the officers to remove him , crying out "I won't go , Iwon't pay the fine . It's shameful . " It then appeared from an observation of the gaoler , that the prisoner had been there before on similar charges , and that his conduct had been tho
same on those occasions . Upon this statement , Mr . Yardiey aggravated his punishment to . eight days imprisonment , without the option of paying a fine . This excited the prisoner still more , who kicked and ' . struggled terribly as he was taken out of the court . Some time after the . wife appeared , and tearfully intreated for , her husband ' s discharge ; in compliance with which , request * Mr . Yardiey promised to hear the case again . It appeared that the prisoner had been drunk in the morning , and as on the second occasion he seemed to have profited much by his few hours imprisonment , the magistrate let him off on his first sentence of forty shiUings .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Ministerial whiteTbait dinner will not take place until next week . This may enable quidnuncs to conjecture the probable day for the dissolution of Parliament , although no day has yet been fixed . — Morning Herald . . ' .. The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons has been presented to the House , and will be found in the Times of yesterday . It is an important document , containing , besides a narrative of the great trials between the Board of Customs and the Dock Companies , eleven practical suggestions towards a reform of the Customs . > , w
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Dr . Spohr arrived in London on Tuesday , and is now superintending the rehearsals of his great work of Faust , which ia about to be produced at thelloyal Italian Opera . His Royal Highness Prince Albert has intimated his intention to review the Artillery Company , of which he is the colonel , in the Artillery ; Ground , in Unsbury , on Monday next , the 28 th insfc ., at two o ' clock .
Lord William Lennox brought strong charges for incivility and threats against an omnibus conductor , on Wednesday . In spite of a good character both from his employer and persons accustomed to ride in that omnibus , the magistrate , Mr . Henry , assumed that the fault was all on ono side , and sentenced tho conductor to one month s imprisonment ! Earl Fitzhardingo summoned a cabman , No . 2336 , tor obstructing tho public way , and refusing to drive on at his lordship ' s imperative summons . The man p leaded that there must bo some mistake , us he was at CInswick . And so it turned out , for tho Earl said that the number was 2330 , and tho Earl ' s groom said it was 2326 . Summons dismissed , with costs to the Earl .
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A system of Thuggee has beon discovered in the Punjoub . Five hundred murderers have been found , and tho names of 320 rebellious Thugs obtained ; 160 are in prison , ana tho majority have confessed tho crime . A boat race took place , among the members of tho King's College Boat Club on tho afternoon of Friday week . Mr . Georgo Kirkwood Curmo , a medical student of that college , was following tho match , with five others , in a "four oar . " As thoy pussed Hammersmith Bridge , tho wind being high at tho timo , thoy reached somo very rough water , where tho boat ohipped two waves , ana Bpecdily sunk . Fivo of tho party wore saved , but sar Curmo sunk , and was not eoon aguin till ho was brougiw up by tho drags about half-an-hour after tho accident . Mr . Housdon , a silk mercer , lias sued tho G reat TCTti . i . li / ivn i ;« il »/« v f ! ntniuinv f . n rofinvnV COmPOIlSatlOn W-
illness occasioned by injuries received while travelling «" their lino . A collision had befallen a train m which > i ° was travelling , at a moment when ho was looking out o tho window , ho that his head had been bruised rauiu severely against tho window-frames . A typhoid fever imw onHUod , but hia medical advisors wore divided m opini "' as to iho cauflo of it . Tho action came on for «* ai w Saturday , on which occasion it appeared that tho compw" ^ had agreed to a verdict for tho plaintiff for 60 * ., thoy ¦ © on-Hideving it moro becoming thoir position and character ™ acccdo to his demand . . William Hodgos , a cabinet maker , who lias boon lor Bomo timo in tho constant habit of oxcoemvo drinking , «• oruolly ill-treated bin wifo over since bin marriage , wmu
took placo Hovcral years ago . On Saturday morning , «» was awoko about f i " vo o ' clock by tho return of hor uuauan . Onlior reproaching him for his couduot , ho . caugtot up heavy oar thonware basin or pan and hurled it at bei j »»» with such force that ifc waa Bhivored to pieces W"" j ^ i BkuU . Tho Wood streamed from tho wound , and bookc «
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1852, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1941/page/10/
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