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the bed-clothes and pillow on which ehe was lying . Ho then sei sed her by her hair , and at the same time beating her fiercely about the head and face with his fist , dragged her upon the floor and put into the passage . Nor was ho . satisfied without kicking her with his heavy boots on various parts of the body . - A valiant lodger , aroused by the screams of the poor woman , ran out and brought a policeman to the rescue , who found her clinging to tho fogs of her . husband , and vainly . s triving to prevent his kicking her . She / was so much injured that she wasrejnoved to the hospital in a cab . Mr . HariMnill considered , this too serious an offence to be dealt-with summarily , and committed Hodges to liewgate for trial . A nodi ? Irish woman was charged before Mr . Tvrwhitt ,
on Saturday , with deserting her four children in front of St . Pancras workhouse . She said she left them because they were starving with her , and she did riot like to die through want where there was plenty . With assistance she could have managed with them , but whenever she applied for it she was driven away . It was stated by the gaoler that ste had been sent by the magistrate ' s order to St . Pancras . An overseer said he had offered to send her with her children to Ireland . The poor woman replied that she would be worse off there ; all ohe wanted was a little help . Mr . Tyrwhitt addressed the overseer
indignantly , observing that it was always the same with the St . Pancras officials . They had turned the woman and her children foodless from the door , which ought to have been open to ftiem , arid , as they had gone but of the way to give her iri charge for an offence incurred , in fact , by themselves , by refusing relief , he would enforce the law by sending her to prison for a month , which w o uld beno punishment to . her , and compel the parish to take care of her children . Hie considered that their conduct was cruel in the extreme . The woman seemed grateful for her sentence .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS , BIRTHS . ¦ At Kironchtree , N . B ., on the 14 th inst ., Mrs . Edward Heron Maxwell : 8 son . ¦ , ., „ _ , , ¦ On the 18 th inst . ; at Torres , Morayatiro , the wife of Eobert Davidson , Esq .: a daughter . _ On tho 19 th inst ., at Barnstttple , Devonshire , the lady of MigdV W . T . Savary : a daughter . . On Sunday , the 20 th inst ., at Shalford Vicarage , near Guildford , the Hon . Mrs . John Gilford : a daughter . MARRIAGES . On the 14 th inst ., at St . George ' s Church , Hanover-squaro , London , Viscount Newark , eldest son of the Earl Manvers , to the Lady Georgiana Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Coigny , daughter of the Duke and Duchess do Coigny . At Edinburgh , on tho 21 st inst ., at St . John ' s Episcopal Chapel , Sir John Craven Garden , Bart ., of the Priory , _ Templemoro , to Julia Isabella , only daughter of Oaptam Charles G . Eobinson , B . N ., of Viewbftnk-Obiwi , N . B . DEATHS . On the 29 th of January , 1852 , at tho River Turon , Now South Walos , William Balcombo , oldest son of William Kulcombo , Esq ., formerly of The Briars , St . Helena , and afterwards Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales and its dependencies . On tho 12 th of April , from coup do aoloil , at tho capturo ol Rangoon , while acting as Brigado-Major , Brovot-Maior llonry GriHltUfcof tho 11 th Mudras Native Infantry , agod 45 , and brother of tlw lato distinguished naturalist in India , William Grifflth , of the Hon . E . I . O . Madras Medical Service . On tho 18 th of April , ftffea" 25 , at Burmah , of cholera , Lieutcnant Richard Cundy , 35 tli Regiment Madras Nntivo Infantry , youncest son of tho lato John William Cundy , stoakbrokor . On tho 8 th of Mayin tho Island of Barbados , whero he . lad
, arrived about two months previously , from England , Ronn Hampdon , Esq ., formerly of tho Marior-houHO , Littlo Marlow , Bnclca , M . P . for the borough of Groat MarloW , and cousin of tho Bishop of Horoford . H « was for many years a member ot her Majesty ' s Council at Barbadoes . On the 14 th-inBt ., at Budloigh Saltorton , Devon , aged 80 , Mary , oldest and last mirviving daughtor of tho lato Might Hon . Judge Orookshank , of Nowtown-park , county of Dublin , lro-AtCarshalton , Surrey ,, on tho 14 th inst ., Elizabeth Dovoroiu KonncMly , daughter of tlio lato Hugh Alexander Kennedy , M . D ., and sister of tho lato Sir Robert HugUJfqnnedy . On tho 17 tl > inst ., at Winton-hoiwo , East Lothian , Lady Hutchinson , widow ol ' General Sir William Ilutohinson , K . C . H ., Colonel of tho 75 th Regiment . ' .
,, _ .... At Halosworth , on tho lHth Mat ., Prisojlla , tho wife of Androw Johnston , Esq ., pnd eldest daughter of tho lato Sir T . FoweH Buxton , Bart .. ofNorthreppH-hall , Norfolk . On tho 19 th innt ., at , Builc-hill , noar ManohoHter , Esther , relict , of tho luto Sir Thomas Potter , Knt ., in tho 70 th year oi Ontik 19 th in « fc ; , in Eaton- » quaro , Cecil William Do Latham , tho beloved child of the Hon . Captain and Mrs . Jfranow Maudo , agod two years and two months . Lately , at M unich , M . IJuohnor , nfrnlor profoBHor of thoi Univorsity , and a distinguished chomiat . Docoaaod hftd iillod ft chair in tho university for thirty-four yearn , and lino lofli behind him , in iwldttion to othor important works , a " Konortory ol 1 'honaooy , " in forty-ono volumes .
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SattjbdAV , June 26 . It is necessary to set bur readers right with regard to the nature of the verdict returned by the jury in the Achilli case . Of course they could riot do otherwise than find Dr . Newman " guilty of having published the libel . It is the other moiety of the verdict to which we refer . The jury ,- , on- the bare asseverations , and point blank denials of Achilli , deliberately' set aside the mass of evidence of all the witnesses against him ; testimony which , in the main , was unshaken and lincontradicted . "They , therefore , reject all Dr . Newman ' s pleas in justification , except one . The plea that they consider proven is this , and let our readers mark it well—that Dr ; Achilli was suspended from his
ecclesiastical functions by the Inquisition . For what ? For heterodox teaching—^ -for teaching doctrine not soundly Roman Catholic ; and if not Protestant , then in Dr . Achilli's words , " neither Catholic nOr Protestant , but negative . " The jury thus reject the other half of the document put in at the trial from the archives of the Inquisition , stating that Dr . Achilli had , while in the prison of that abominable institution , confessed to diverse immoralities , and acts of incontinence . So that Dr . Achilli is not only acquitted of the charges brought against him by Dr . Newman , but by finding him guilty of being accused of Protestanism before the Inquisition , the jury attempt to elevate him to a higher place before the country .
This is the most astounding result of a trial , the evidence given on which was all against the accused , and his own bare denial of the charges only for him , that we ever witnessed . The Times of this morning does not scruple to compare it with the infamous trial of the Popish Plot , when Charles the Second was king of England , and Titus Oates the chief witness . We cordially coincide with the following paragraph , from the noble article in the leading journal :
" If there is to be no presumption m favour of assertions attested by oath , no public writer can venture , should the public interest—^ as was admitted in the-case of Dr . Newman by the prosecuting counsel—ever so imperiously require it , " to make statements , however well founded , criminatory of the character of another . Who canhope to be believed when such amass of evidence has been flung aside as worthless ? We consider that a great blow has Deen given to the administration of justice in this country , and that Roman Catholics will . have henceforth only too good reason for asserting that there is no justice for them in cases tending to arouse the Protestant feelings of judges and juries . "
Dr . Achilli has , however , been acquitted by a British Protestant jury , and of course is henceforth safe from the like accusations . We only make these comments to set before our readers the exact result of the trial .
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The proceedings in the House of Commons-last night were of that miscellaneous character which distinguishes the latter days of a session ,, . The central and interesting discussion was on tho Lords' amendments to Lord John Rtjssem / s > Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill . These , he stated , " tended in a great degree to impair its efficiency , and to place obstacles in the way of inquiry into corrupt practices at elections ' . " These amendments , it will bo remembered , provided that a commission of inquiry into alleged corruption by bribery in any borough or county , should not issue
without tho joint consent of both Houses to an address to tho Crown for that purpose ; that tho word " treating" should bo struck out of tho bill ; and that tho inquiry should not extend over a certain number of years , but backward from election to election so long as evidences of bribery turned up . The first of those , of course , gave tho House of Lords a kind of joint jurisdiction over elections—a very suspicious proceeding . Nevertheless , after depreciating them m much as ho could , Lord John Russell moved that " tho House do agreo with tho Lords' amendments in every case . "
Tho supporters of his lordship in this courso wore Sir Aiexandeb Cookbubn , Mr . Gkobge Hudson , Sir Dm Laoy Evans , Sir James Gbaiiam :, and Mr . Bbotherton . All these gentlemen condemned , yet accepted , tho amendments , on tho ground thafc ^ i bad bill was bettor than none ut all . Mr . Thomas Duncomuh was vory much dissatisfied with tho courso taken by Lord John ltussell . He wns afraid tho amendments had been introduced to defeat or delay tho bill . Mr . Agmonby was still moro diHsaitisflod , but yioldod to Lord John . Mr . Hume thought it would be better to reject tho bill altogether . It would bo better for tho Lordct to uttond to their own privileges , and not meddle with tho privileges of the Honso of Commons .
Mr . Jacob Bet . Ii said tho bill would only fall heavily on inexperienced parties who got into bad hands . Th « House laughed a good deal ut tho plum truths he told
them about the bribery and cprruption employed in the election of members . Mr . OSWAXP was for dividing the House agaliist Iiord John , whose conduct Mr . Bright ^ characterized as , ' « if not inconsistent , at all events exceedingly ; feeble / ' " Mr * . WAiij-oiiE defended the amendments on the ground that the bill , as it originally stood , would have placed nil enormous power in the hands of Government , through the House of Commons , for disfranchising boroughs The bill was not a Government bill , and though Ministers had supported it in the Commons , he thought it quite legitimate for Ministers to spoil it in thfe Lords . The amendments were agreed to .
In reply to a question from Lord Cianbicaede , Lord Maimesbttey said he could not lay any correspondence before the House on the subject of the extradition of criminals . He then charged the Whig Opposition with having , on party motives , defeated his Surrender of Criminals Bill—a bill , he said , " which was drawn up by their own officers according to their own instructions , and which I in no way altered either in the sense or in the text . ( Loud cheers . ) " He had added two clauses , " one positively denning the offences for which surrender was to be made , and enacting that it should be only for such offences as were in this country deemed felonious ; the other giving additional security to political offenders , and prevented them from being again tried if they had been once surrendered under the convention . ( Hear . )"
But in conversation it turned out that the bill had been , merely drawn up by the Whig lawyers for the consideration of the Whig Ministers , and had not been even seen by them .
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MB . COBDEN S ADDRESS "TO THE EliECTOES Ol THE WEST HIDING- OP ¦ YOEKSHIEE . " Gentlemen , —A Protectionist Administration having called for a final judgment upon its policy from tho constituencies of the empire , I beg leave , as an advocate of free trade , to solicit the honour of again representing you in Parliament . " Iwill not insult your reason by offering to expose the evil influences of a policy which seeks to create an artificial scarcity of the bounties of Providence . The necessity for argument has been superseded by tho experience of tho last six years , which has demonstrated that a freo importation , of the necessaries of life confers not only great material advantages , but that it promotes the higher destinies
of a people , through , the moral influences that flow from an abundant and easy satisfaction of their physical wants . In a word , free trade has accomplished tho aim of the statesman by enriching and strengthening the nation , while it has fulfilled tho desiro of the philanthropist by carrying comfort and happiness to the homes of those who live by tho daily labour of their hands . In expressing these sentiments , I am giving uttcronco to tho convictions and feelings of nineteon-twentioths of the population of the kingdom . "How , then , in the face of this fact , do wo witness tho strange anomaly of a Protectionist party in power , a House of Commons feebly assorting a free-trade policy , and tho Queen appealing to tho electors for their opinion upon a question on which tho peoplo liavo como to' an all but unanimous decision ? The causo
of this state of things must bo sought in the imperfections of our electoral system , which , seems to bo ingeniously contrived to prevent tho majority in Parliament from reflecting with caso and accuracy tho opinions of tho majority of tho nation . Lot mo illustrate this by ono fact . In an assembly professing fairly to represent tho country , I find myself associated with a hundred members , tho aggrogato of whoso constituencies do not oqual in number , and still loss in intelligence and wealth , the constituency which I have the honour to represent , and yot ovory ono of thorn counts for as much as your member in a division list . Under such a system , majorities depond , in ordinary and tranqujl seasons , moro upon tho skill of Parliamentary tacticians , tho intorcsts of powerful individuals , and tho corrupting influences of wealth and patronage , than upon tho force of public opinion . Such a roprosontativo system
instead of assisting tho judgment ; of a Minister anxious to ascertain and moot tho wnntu and wishes of hia countrymen , in calculated to ombarrass and mislead him ; and it a patriot statesman , disregarding a Parliamentary majority , resolve on soino great occasion to consult tho wolfaro of tho people , in opposition to tho bohostH of tho interested and powerful fow , ho is oithor thwarted in hi « oilbrtH , or punished if successful , by banishmont from official lil ' o , while tho t > eoplo , who uro raising monuments to his fame , aro povvorosb to prpvoiit his opponents from occupying tho tuiat of powor from which they have expelled him . Such h , stato of things is noithor satisfactory nor secure Our roprouontation is not what it profoasew to bo ; it will not boor investigation ; and it does not work woll . If it did , thoro would bo no necoHHit y for a dissolution to decidn tho futo of a Protcctioniut AdiTiinisl , ratiori . Tho truo todt of tho
worthiness of a pooplo to en joy 1 ' roo institutions is thoir capacity , hy timely and wiso amlindmonts , to adapt thorn to tho changing and advancing cirouuiHtunccH of tlio ago . I trust that . tho pooplo of . ' Knglu ' nd will for thoir noxt task undortuko that reform in our oleoloral tiyutom which in called for by tlio Htato of public aflnirn , aiwt which in necosflary " to bring into harmony Iho theory arid pructico of our froo constitution . " For tho present , howoyor , it is our duty , by one moro strong and united oxprostudn of opinion , to uatablinh upon an imporishablo foundation tho prinoiplo of commercial liberty . That tho adyocntoa of monopoly should hivvo mado
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . The number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week ending last Saturday is nearly the same as in the preceding week , and amounts to 903 . In the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years 1842-51 the average number was 880 , which * with a correction for increase of population , becomes 968 . The mortality now returned is , therefore , less than the estimated amount by 65 . i ? he mortality produced by diseases of the respiratory organs last week was 104 , and-. 'is . near the usual amount
for this season of the year . Epidemics were fatal in the preceding week in 209 caseSj and last week in 196 j a decrease Which would be somewhat more marked , but for diarfiicea , a complaint which may be expected , with the approach of the summer months , to become more prevalent . Smallrpox destroyed 28 children under 15 years , arid 7 adults , a mortality double the average of corresponding weeks j irilfive cases , two of which occurred at the ages of 22 and 32 y ears , it is stated that vacciriation had been previously performed . The fatal cases of scarlatina amount
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1852, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1941/page/11/
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