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AUhehundredth anniversary of the separationofDanrers W Sabm , and of its erection into a distinct municipal corp oration a letter was read from Mr . George Peahody , of London , a native of Danvers ^ containing an offer to fhat town ot Twenty Thousand Dollars , to be managed by twelve trustees , and to be appropriated as follows : —Seven thousand dollars for the purchase of land and the erection nf a building ; ten thousand to be invested m undoubted securities , for the purpose of a Lyceum and for a free Pub-Y library—and the remainder for the foundation ot a TJbrarv the building to be located within a third of a mile of the Old South Meeting House . The announcement was received with thunders of applause , and it was forthwith voted to hold a public meeting to express the gratitude of the citizens .
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The Vienna court-martial has sentenced "Catharina Kreted to fifteen stripes with rods , three weeks imprisonment , with one fast a week , for having offended the police by word and deed . " The young Stratfords , lately released by the Tuscan Government , have arrived in Liverpool by the screw-steamer Orontes , having been shipped off by the Governor of Malta . 'Government refuses to do anything m then : behalf , and as they arc totally destitute , the Mayor has headed a subscription for their benefit with the sum of 51 . The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Leipsic , of the 29 th ult , which says : — " PaulDelarochehas arrived here , this being one of the places which he is determined to stop at in his tour for exhibiting his fine picture of the condemnation of Marie Antoinette . This cJief-d ' ccuvre excites universal admiration , as docs another picture of his representing the Emperor Napoleon . "
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The Gateshead Observer reports that one John Proud has been charged at the Gateshead Police Court with feloniously stealing lead from the roof of a stable , the property of Mr . Harrison , cooper , " was discharged from want of evidence . " It appears that on Tuesday fortnight the attention of James Hoggins ( Mr . Harrison ' s carman ) was called to the fact of Proud being upon his master ' s stable , cutting the lead from the roof . He succeeded in securing the prisoner , and detained him until he was handed over to the police . When called upon as a
witness to give evidence , Hoggins refused to be sworn , stating that he did not believe in the Testament . " The case consequently broke down . " The fact is , there was no want of evidence , only it happened to be more conscientious than the law in that case provides for . It will be well for the ends of justice when affirmations are legalised in these instances . Mr . Hoggins has written to us complaining that one of the magistrates endeavoured to injure him in his employer ' s estimation on account of his unbelief . Then it will be hard if the master has not more sense than the magistrate , by recognising that he has at least a conscientious servant .
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Sloane , the special pleader , who , with his wife , was convicted in February , 1851 , of cruelty to his servant , died on Tuesday morning . He lias been sinking for some timo past , and about a week since a free pardon was given him , on representations that further imprisonment would cause his death . Ho died at his lodgings in Goswcll-streefc-road . A child , eighteen months old , namod Tlobbs , was left by himself in York-street , Westminster , on Saturday afternoon . He was coming from a sweet-meat shop , and stepped ofF the curb-stones immediately in front of the wheel of a . cart , which wns passing by laden with hay . In a moment the poor little boy was knocked down , and the wheel completely crushed his head . Tho liorso wns walking slowly at the time , and tho magistrate decided that tho driver was not to blame .
A girl , named . Tano Stokes , was walking along tho road towards Waketield on Wednesday week , about noon , when she met three coal miners , named Marsden , Sopmon , and Itiehard Tankard . Two of them spoke to li <; r and passed on , but Marsden seized her and threw her into a ditch , at the sumo timo using threatening language ; . I f o violated her person , whilst his two companions looked on at a short distance . Ho robbed her of half-a-crown , and then made off with the other two . However , t / hev woro _ taken noon . after , and were before tho mjigisl nit . es and convicted , Marsden of rape , and tho other two of aiding and abetting .
Tho body of a man , " respectably dressed , was ) lound on Saturday in tho ( Jloucestcr and Berkeley canal , about a mile from ( . iloueester . The hands woro tied together , tho head cut , and swollen mid black with bruises . There wan nothing valuable found upon tho body . Some say that it is that of Captain If re , lato master of a steamer between Gloucester and Dublin , who disappeared mysteriously ono day eight , or nine weeks ago , after ho had been nettling affairs with the owners of tho steamer . A person answering his description had left ji house of illfaino at three or four o'clock , on tho following morning . Several young won woro charged hcfoi-o tho Lord Mayor on Saturday , with having assaulted n detective officer , namod Storey , who was stated some weeks ago to have vainly endeavoured to obtain admission to t . lio Stock lOxehaiige in search of a culprit . On his applying to the ¦ porter for admission noveral persons oamo up , crying . out , ' * ( . urn him out , " " horinet him , " " ho ' rt a spy . " Storey was accused of having used , in reply , moiimi gross and insulting language . Ho was pushed about by the bystanders , who appear to have collected in considerable numhors , and finally made a . retreat . lOxeuse was attempted for fho conduct of I ho young men , on tho ground of its being only " a Stock Kxchangc lark . " An apology was offered on hehalf of tho accused , and accepted , and the case was consequently discharged . A young baker , of tho name of Rain , «> f Dumfries , had for Kdirin time been courting a servant girl named Johnston , Tho lovcru woro together at a wedding-party on tho Und ol
this month , and on that occasion the young man s jealousy was aroused by some fanciedsUght , or apparent encouragements to a supposed rival . At nine o ' clock on the following morning , he went to the house of the girls m *?™ ' and after some angry words , took out a razor which he had carried with him , and attacked the poor girl , cutting her neck terribly in several places . Before the outcries ot the ffirl could bring assistance , he cub his own throat , ana died almost immediately . The girl is seriously injured , but is expected to recover . Henry Mortimer , " a rough looking fellow , " went , on Sunday afternoon into an eating-house m Orchard-street , Westminster , belonging to a man named Stanton . Alter taking some refreshment , he laid himself down at full lmn * fi and nrnnared to take a nap . Mrs . Stanton at
once told him that ho could not sleep there on which he abused her grossly , and seizing a carving-kmfe , he rushed at her , declaring he would cut her throat . She strove to protect her neck with her hands , and one of them was terribly mutilated , one finger being nearly cut off ; a servant came to her aid at that moment , and wrenched the knife out of Mortimer ' s hand . He was suffered to leave the shop , but was taken in the evening . When brought before Mr . Broderip , Mortimer said he had no recollection of the affair , but had no doubt all he did was in his own protection . He was committed for trial .
The two brothers , Michael and Peter Scanlan , who were sentenced to death in Edinburgh , on the 14 th of last month , were executed at Cupar , on Monday morning . They had lodged in a small village in Fifeshire , named Hilton-of-Forthar . In a house adjoining lived an old woman , who kept a huckster ' s shop , and with whom the Scanlan ' s were in the habit of dealing . It was suspected that this old woman had some money in her possession . According to the evidence given on the trial the brothers Scanlan Irranged with a man named M'Manug , who turned ( Queen ' s evidence ) at the trial o rob the
approver old woman on the evening of the 15 th of April . About midnight on that night they met , and the Scanlan s en . tered the house by a small back window , while M'Manus watched outside . The old woman being awakened by the noise , was attacked by one of the Scanlan a with a threelegged stool , and was killed by repeated blows upon her head . The prisoners appeared perfectly indifferent at the trial . They protested their innocence to the last , lwo petitions had been sent to the Home-office on their behalf , but Mr . Walpole replied that he could not interfere . On tl , nr A ^ rufcion . the ' orisoners showed great firmness . Ihey
embraced each other , and shook hands with the hangman . They both died without a struggle . A servant-girl , who had robbed her mistress , was transported to Sydney some years ago . She has recently written to her mistress , a milliner in London , saying that she now keeps her carriage , and returning the amount that she stole with interest . She urges her mistress to go and set up shop there , saying she would be very happy to extend her patronage to a lady for whom she had so great an esteem . . Great was the amazement and dismay among the Irish
labourers when the steam shovels were farst put into operation on a certain section of the Vermont Central Railroad , and one of the sturdiest of the Hibernians , after cazine : at his huge rival for a few moments , thus apostrophised the enemy : — « Well , faith , you arc a big devil of a basto , and mighty sthrong in tho arrams ; maybe , now , ye think yerself as good as an Irishman , but , ( with a look of ineffable contempt ) d n yor sowl , yc can t vote I
Mrs . Graham had arranged to make an ascent in her Victoria balloon from tho Rosemary Branch Tavern , at Hoxton , on Wednesday evening . A little before six o ' clock , when they wero preparing to attach the car , the balloon , through some accident , escaped from tho netting and took flight . It rolled over and over as it ascended rapidly , tho gas at tho same timo expanding , and having reached a groat height it burst . Tho gas , it is said " appeared like a luminous circle around it , " and tho silk was soon lost sight of .
Tho London Mutual JAfo and Guaranteo society held its usual annual mooting at tho ofiieos , ( i . * , Moorgato-streot , on Wednesday hist , Mr . Georgo Wilson in tho chair . After . s . iino proliminary business , the report was read , from which it appeared that tho Directors had issued from tho commencement of tho society to the end of « J urie , 1852 , 37 H 2 policies assuring sums amounting to 287 , L (>( M ., and from which tho society derived an annual income of 8071 / . 5 s . (> . 11 also stated that arrangements had been niado in many ef the largo manufacturing towns for prosecuting the Society ' s business in a more vigorous manner than hitherto , and with this view committees of reference had been appointed in Manchester , Liverpool , Stockport , Bury , and other places , from which the most satisfactory results might ho anticipated . On tho motion of tho chairman , tho report was adopted , and after tho usual routine business tho meeting separated .
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IIWALTH OF LONDON DURING TUK WKV . K . Tun deaths registered in tho metropolitan districts in the week that ended hint Saturday amounted to J ) H 7 , a number nearly tho Hamo as in tho previous week . Tho Returns of both weeks represent rather more than tho actual mortality in tho two periods , being augmented , as usually occurs at tho end of a quarter , by coroners' cases that properly belong to antecedent dates . . In tho ten eorroHponding weeks of tho yearn 1842-51 , tho average numbor of deaths was 807 , which , if raised in proportion to tho increase of population , becomes i ) H 7 . Hence it appears that tho number of deaths returned lust week is precisely equal to tho calculated amount . The mortality arising from diseases of tho respiratory organs has decreased from 1 10 in tho preceding woel < to 1 ) 1 in Mid hint , which nearly agrees with tho average ol corresponding weeks , i ' atal cases arising from zymotic
complaints have also decreased from 215 to 187 , while the corrected average is 239 . Last week the deaths recorded as caused by small-pox were 31 , five of which were among persons of mature age . Scarlatina destroyed tho lives of 33 children ; typhus , remittent fever , &c ., those of 13 children , of 24 persons in middle life , and of 7 at advanced age ; ' in all 44 . Two children died of syphilis ; one of noma .
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The Remedy foe Betting-Offices . —If the legislature took the subject in hand it would make a virtuous demonstration , we have no doubt , but it would not present an edifying spectacle . Parents and employers must do more for themselves . Every man should know something of the habits and frequentings of those who are placed under him ; and should know much when a new class of temptation thus presents itself . Apprentices are , by the terms of their indentures , punishable for gaming ; it would do a world of good to get a few score of that class of noble sportsmen
convicted before magistrates , and shut up in the House of Correction , to Pick a little oakmn , and Tip a little gruel into their silly stomachs . Betting clerks and betting servants of all grades , once detected after a grave warning , should be firmly dismissed . There are plenty of industrious and steady young- men to supply t ) heir places . The police should receive instructions by no means to overlook any gentleman of established bad reputation—whether " wanted" or not—who is to be found connected with a Betting-shop . It is our belief that , several eminent characters could he so discovered .
These precautions—always supposing parents and employers resolute to discharge their own duties instead of vaguely delegating them to a legislature they have no reliance on—would probably be . sufficient . Some fools , who are under no control , will always be found wandering away to ruin ; but , the greater part of that extensive department of the commonalty are under some control , ami the great need is that it be better xerciscd . —DicJcens ' s " Household Words " Hduca'TK tiik . Pkoi'iyk . — We are no believers in
the capacity of ignorance successfully to execute social functions which require knowledge and experience for their beneficial exercise , and still less in the notion that any multiples of ignorance will constitute knowledge . Hut in this we have undoubted fiiith — that if the people possessed political power , the mere Hellish instincts of the upper and middle classes would render them as anxious to educate ! them , us they have hitherto been apathetic . When wo visit ( Ik ; lion in his cage , and arc satisfied that the bans have strength . sufficient , to confine him , we look with indifference , or mere
curiosity , on his teeth and ( 'laws ; but , break down tho iron gratings , anil let , him loose upon us , or shut us up beside him , and wo . should ha . sten ( o extract ; , if wo could , those implements of destruction . Thus it in with the people . While we are able by hois *! , foot ,, and artillery , criminal olliccrs , judges , and gaols , to restrain them , with all their rude habits and fierce instincts rife within thorn , we ' quietly leave them in degradation until we settle our own ecclesiastical ami theological disputes regarding the persons by whom , and the manner in which , their teeth and claws should be removed . —From the Westminster Jivvicio for July .
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Jmcr 10 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . . «* .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 14 tli inst ., at Prescott , Canada West , tho wife of Etuelbert H . Blake , Esq ., M . D ., Staff Assistant-Surgeon : a son . On the 30 th ult ., the Lady Georgiana Forbes : a son . On the 5 th inst ., at Edinburgh , the wife of G . C . Warden , Esq . : a daughter . 4 MARRIAGES . On the 6 th inst ., at Cole-Orton , Leicestershire , William Unwin Heygate , barrister-at-law , second son of the late Sir William Heygate , Bart ., of Roeeliffe-hall , Leicestershire , to Constance Mary , only daughter of the late and sister of the present Sir George Beaumont , Bart ., of Cole-Orton-hall , in tho same county , and grand-daughter of the late Archbishop of Canter"Sn the 6 th inst ., at Harpole , Frederick Thompson , Esq ., late Captain of the 6 th Dragoons , to Charlotte Mary , eldest daughter of the late Hon . and Rev . Thomas Dundas , rector of Har-P DEATHS . On the 25 th ult ., the Right Hon . George Ralph Baron Abercromby at Airthrey Castle . His lordship was born in 1800 , and succeeded his father , tho late Lord Abercromby , in 1843 . He was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Clackmannan , ana colonel in the army . He is survived by Lady Abercromby and three sons and a daughter . His eldest son , now Lord Abercromby , was born in 1838 . On the 2 nd inst ., at Kilman , Argyleshire , Thomas Thomson , M . D ., F . R . S ., Regius Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow , in his SOth year . On the 3 rd inst ., in the 86 th . year of his age , the Right Hon . Sir Edward Thornton , G . C . B ., many years Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Courts ot Stockholm , Rio , Lisbon , &c , one of her Majesty ' s most Hon . Privy Council , and formerly Fellow of Pembroke College , Cambridge . On the 7 th inst ., Charles Chadwicke Jones , Esq ., serjeant-atlaw , aged 52 , after three years' illness and intense suffering , borne with the greatest fortitude and resignation . His end was Pe e Boulogne , aged 74 , the celebrated Mrs . Mary Ann Clarke , who , more than 40 years ago , caused so much sensation in England , in connexion with , the charges brought in the House of Commons against the late Duke of York .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 657, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1942/page/13/
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