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persuaded her to withdraw her shares in three railway companies , amounting in value to 10007 ., from the hands of her broker , telling her he could place them where they would be much more beneficial to her , " besides being more within a focus . " She unfortunately consented to his doing so , and the prisoner wrote a noto to her broker , the purport of which was that he should deliver up the shares to him , he promising to place their proceeds , when sold , to Mrs . Stewart ' s account afc the London and "Westminster Bank . This note witness signed , and her sister accompanied the prisoner , who delivered up the shares , and the prisoner informed her that they were to be sold on the 18 th of
November . The prisoner also at the same time told her that lie expected to be paid 2000 ? . himself , and this sum he should also pay into the London and Westminster Bank . For the night of the 19 th of November the prisoner obtained three tickets for the dress boxes of the Lyceum Theatre , and pressed witness and her sister to accompany him there . They did so , and in the cpursc of the performance , the prisoner , addressing them , hoped they would not think it rude his leaving them for a short time , adding that the atmosphere of the theatre was so oppressive as quite to overpower him , and then left the box , since which
time , until given in charge at the station-house the night before , she had not seen him . A note which the Captain had considerately left on the table , informed Mrs . Stewart , on her return from the Lyceum , that he was " off for Brussels in the greatest hurry , " and that , knowing how she always fretted at trifles , he had not told her of his intended trip . Fortunately Brussels only meant Camberwell , and there the Captain was discovered by 14-2 f , at a house which he had furnished in great style , and in which he maintained a dashing female , supposed to be his wife . A remand till next week closed the first act of this amusing drama .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen still remains at Windsor . She has again been engaged in receiving some of her newly-appointed household . Lord Aberdeen has been at the Castle to wait on her Majesty . The additions to the Ministry , which we were unable to give last week , are as follows : —Lord Hardinge , Commander-in-chief ; Lord Raglan , Master of the Ordnance ; Sir Thomas Redington , Joint Secretary of the Board of Controul : Mr . James Wilson , Financial
Secretary of the Treasury ; Mr . Gr . Berkeley , Secretary of the Poor-law Board ; Mr . Deas , Solicitor-general for Scotland ; the Marquis of Brcadalbane , Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk , Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Westminster , Lord Steward ; Earl of Bessborough , Master of the Buekhounds ; Viscount Sydney , Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Lord Foley , Captain of the Gentlemen-at-arms ; Lord Alfred Paget , Clerk Marshall . We omitted to state that Captain Dundns is appointed the third Sea Lord of the Admiralty .
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We are requested to state that the Coventry Labourer and Artisans' Society have not purchased either the laud or the mill in their possession ; they only rent them . Mr . Bailies , M . I * . and President , of the Poor Law Board , promised the Leeds guardians on Wednesday that he would give the late amended order of Sir John Trollope Tus best consideration , with a view to judging how far it is consistent with the evidence in possession of the Board . Tim quarterly meeting of the K-oyal . Dispensary for Diseases of the JOur was held on Wednesday last , at the Dispensary , Dean-street ., Soho-squaro , Dr . Lankastcr in the chair . The chairman took the opportunity of advocating in strong terms the claims of the institution on the
public , in affording relief and assistance to the industrious poor , and alleviating u most distressing calamity , and iilfording opportunities for skilful treatment , which , it . such an institution did not exist , it would be out of their power to procure without considerable cost . Mr . Harvey , surgeon to the institution , stated l . o the meeting , that during the hist three months , the new admissions of Diseases of the lOur , complicated with nfled ions of the head and throat , and some distressing cases of noises in tin ; head , were . " i 1 . ' I ; cured , ?!); relieved , fi . 'l ; the remainder under the treatment of Mr . Harvey . The financial statement wim read , which wan considered satisfactory . Votes of thunk . s were passed to the ( Minimum and to I \ 1 r . 11 nrvey , the surgeon , and the meeting separated .
Lord ICglinton left . Ireland on Wednesday morning ; and in the nil criioon the Lords Justices were sworn in to act until the arrival of Lord SI . ( iermans . The Adeln ' nailed from Plymouth on Monday . Previously to her departure she made an experimental trip round ( ho Kddyslonc Lighthouse , which wns successful ; her Hpeed against ; i head wind and lieuvy swell reaching ten knots tin hour . Letters from Vienna , of the 2 nd , state thai , our ahle nnd fortunate countryman , Huron Ward , Iirst minister of the Duke of Parnin , was at that date dangerously ill , and had co heeii for several days . According to the / toner Chronicle the sen , is making great inroads on the beach ; threatening the shinglo am ) bathing-machines !
George Stepheiisoii wmm the father of railways , nnd it miumI , l > e ailmilleil that no man of science over had a liner progeny . Mr . Hailey isahout to sculpture n colossal statue of Imn leu r < -el , high , which will be erected in I he great hall of tlm i , lation at I'luston-square . Mr . Mould in not drowned : the report to that otlc . ot wan untrue . || ( . „ ,-rived safely at . Cndiz ill his yacht . Lord Auckland wan riding along beside u farmer on Tuesday la ,, ! , wl ,,-,, || ,,, iMruier ' s Iioi-hii suddenly plunged inul kicked Ium lordnhip ' itleg , . ¦ llUKiii r ac < , iM |> oiin < ' l fracture , lie kept IheHaddlc until ho rea ( -hocfbin cumngo wlioroluM Wiio wim . llo lulUbt recovering
Mr . Nasmyth has sent the Times an account of > a new floating mortar and touch-and-go-off-shell of his invention , which on coming in contact with the side of a ship would tear a hole in her side as wide " as a church door . " " The result to the enemy , " he quaintly says , " I leave to imagination to picture . " Meantime the crew of the vessel carrying the mortar is snug out of harm ' s way in a bomb-proof covering . They are told " it would be as well to reverse the engine" before contact , " so as to back off and leave the enemy to his well-merited fate . "
British boatmen are generally forward in saving life . We thought the characteristic was universal , but it appears there are exceptions . Starcross is on the south coast of Devon . Last week a young man set out in a sailing-boat , for Exmouth , alone . Shortly after , cries for help were heard from the river . A good fellow , named Tanewell , a policeman , at once ran to rouse the boatmen . The first " had no boat , " and would not move . The second two refused point blank . The third was " sitting in his boat , " yet he would not stir . A gallant fellow , a carpenter , named Rabjohns , offered to go , if only one boatman would go with him . They would not , and so the man was drowned .
Tigers may be tamed , but caging them does not effect that result . Tell this to sight-seers and possibly nine out of ten will laugh at you . Yet the warning is not wholly unnecessary . The other day , for instance , at Huddersfield , in Batty's menagerie , a young woman stupidly sauntered close to the tiger ' s den , whereupon , true to its instinct , one of the beasts clutched her by the knot of her back hair ; and , had it not been for the resolute exertions of a little woman , who clung to the waist of the girl , and pulled until the comb fell out and the hair unrolled itself , the girl would have been seriously injured . As it was , she escaped with the loss of a pawful of hair .
A Greek vessel was wrecked in Bannow Bar , Waterford , last week—hundreds looking on ; not one able , though ali were willing , to help in saving the crew . The wind blew awfully , and the sea dashed round the doomed ship in pyramids of foam . By twos and threes the crew tried to save themselves , but their boats swamped . Five were seen clinging to the foremast—the ship parted—the foremast fell . The men were swept into eternity . On the North Western Railway the following Notice has been for some weeks prominently posted : — " The public is requested to take notice that the company do not undertake to guarantee that the trains shall start or arrive at the time specified in the bills ; neither will they be accountable for any Joss , inconvenience , or inj ury which may arise from delay or detention . "
No fewer than twenty-eight ships , conveying 8 , 200 passengers , left Liverpool during the past month for Australia . There was an enormous chimney near Warrington , containing 3 , 500 , 000 bricks , weighing 3500 tons , and erected at a cost of 7000 Z . It was 406 feet high ; 46 feet in diameter at the base , and 17 at the top ; and used in connexion with chemical works . The owners having no more use for it , resolved to bring it to the ground by the use of gunpowder ; and accordingly charges were inserted under the base , and fired ; at the tenth explosion the structure fell into a hill of bricks .
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Some time ago we noticed the freaks of the Reverend R . Moselcy , the vicar of Rothorharn , on a late occasion , who condemned in the pulpit the annual ball about to bo given at that place , and went so far as to read out the names of the patrons of the ball as objects of public reprobation . The matter was represented to tho Archbishop of York , who disapproved of tho proceeding , and the Doncaster Gazette informs us that " Mr . Moseley has judiciously adopted the recommendation of his primate , by candidly avowing that it was an error of judgment in reading the names of the patrons . But at the same time he solemnly declares that no change lias taken placo in his opinion on the inconsistency of such amusements with a spiritual and
Christian life . Ah we have no wish to protract a discussion on this painful subject , we are heartily glad that the good sense of tho vicar , through the intervention of the archbishop , ultimately prevailed , and that ho has withdrawn the offensive part of his declamation . At a meeting of the ball committee , held on Wednesday evening , and after the vicar ' s letter bad been read , it was unanimously resolved , -- " That ho be informed tho ball committee , accept his apology , relying upon tho admonition which ho has received from the Archbishop of York having tho desired effect of preventing him from using the pulpit of our parish church on any future occasion in such an improper manner . "
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Some enterprising subjects of the Queen forced an ontrance into UavciiHwurth Castlo last week , and carried oil ' jewellery , notes , and coin to the value of 400 / . Newcastle 1 m obtaining an unenviable distinction for superlative burglaries . Mary Aim Oldham , late a nurso in the union workhouso at Greenwich , was charged with perpetrating un act of deliberate cruelty upon a child sue years of age . Tho woman , it was stated , had compelled the child to hold a piece , of live charcoal in its hand until it was cold . Tho muscular contraction which has taken place renders it doubtful whether tho poor child will ever recover the use of its hand . 'Flic nurse has been tried before the Common Sergeant , mid sentenced to fourteen tldi / . s ii ) ij > riso ) i ) ii . e > it ! Sporting extraordinary in , it mcoiiih , carried on under tho metropolis . Last Saturday , two men , named Gardiner and HuwkiiiH , worn brought up before Sir Chapman Marshall , at Guildhall , charged with being found unlawfully in the City sowers . Police-constable \' M said ho saw the prisoners coming up through one of ( , ho Hewers ' gratings in Throgmortoii-streot , and , having questioned them as to their object in going into the Hewers , ho took them into custody , when he found upon them eighteen live rats , and a key with which they opened the gratings . SirC . Marshall inquired how the prisoners got their living , when Gardiner , who undertook the ollieo of spokesman , wiid ho wan a master rat . cat . dior , and that . lack wan Iuh uHaifittint . Ho hud boon ut that kind of work , catching
missioners' men in their ratting excursions , they were never interfered with by them . On the present occasion , they entered the sewers at the Custom-house , and made their way all round Whitechapel , and back to Cornhjll , when the officer met them coming out . In fact , they knew their way all through London underground . Sir C . Marshall said , as the Commissioners of Sewers or their men did not complain or interfere with the prisoners in their extraordinary occupation , he should not do bo , and therefore discharged them .
rats for parties who supplied the sporting gentlemen at the West-end , for a good many years , but Jack had only been nine months in the profession ; they were , nevertheless , very expert in their hunting expeditions underground , frequently succeeding in capturing as many as from fifty to sixty in an hour . When they got into the sewers , they kept on running and catching the rats as they ran up the walls , and put them into a bag all alive , and afterwards sold them at two shillings per dozen to the regular dealers , who retailed them at six shillings per dozen . They never injured the walls , and when they met the com-
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On tho 1 st of December , at Damascus , tho lady of Eichard Wood , Esq ., Her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul : a daughter . On the 14 th , at Gibraltar , the wife of Major Cuddy , H . M . Fifty-fifth ltegiment : a son . On the 29 th , at the Rectory , -Hertingfordbury , the wife of the Hon . und Rev . Godolphin Hastings : a daughter . On tho : $ lst , at Berne , the wife of Andrew Buchanan , Esq ., Her Majesty ' a Minister Plenipotentiary to tho Swiss Confederation : a daughter . On the lat of January , at Edgehill , Liverpool , the wife of the Rev . J . 8 . Ilowaon , Principal of the Collegiate Institution : a daughter . On tlm 1 st , at Forest-hill , tho wife of Henry Vansittart , Eisq ., Bengal Civil Service : a hoii . MARRIAGES . On tho 10 th of November , at Bombay , "William Marwood Mules , Esq ., First European Bombay Fusiliers , to Ellen , only daughter of Captain S . B . Haines , Political Agent at Aden . On tho 18 th of December , at Copenhagen , Eliza , daughter of Joseph Owon , Esq ., to Waldemar Itauditz , Esq ., Groom of the Bedchamber , and late of the Royal Dunitih Engineers . On the 2 Hth , at High Wycombe , Bucks , the Rev . A . H . WratiHlaw , M . A ., Fellow and ' l ' utor of Christ's College , Cambridge , to Frances Gertude , Heeond daughter of tho lato Kov . J . C . Helm , M . A ., of Wiidliiuii College , Oxford . On the 2 iil . li , at the parish church , Prostwioh , the Rev . Charlos Eviuih , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of tho Masters of Rugby Nchool , to HiiHiininili Harah , younger duughtor of the Right Rev . the Lord Bishop of MancliOHtor . On the 2 iMh , at Brudpolo , DorHot ., tho Rev . Charlen John Down , Hocond won of Rear Admiral Down , of llfraeombe , Devon , to Alice Mary , youngest duughtor of James Tenipler , Esq ., of Bridport .
On tho lat of January , at Ht . Marylobono CIniroh , JaniOH John Lonmhilc , Emu ., of Lincoln ' ii-inn , barrister-at-law , to Jennica Mul . ildu , daughter of the lute Hiimuel James Arnold , Esq ., and widow of tho lulo Dr . Herbert Mayo , F . R . 8 .
DEATH 8 . On the 11 t . h of December , at Paris , William Hmillio , Esq ., Advocnto-dloiioral of . South Australia . On the U'ltli , at , Hniallwood Parsonage , Cheshire , Charlotto , the wife of tho Rev . F . C . Twomlow , and youngest ( laughter ol Randle Wibndiam , of Rode-hall , I 0 s (| ., in the sumo county . On the U 7 th , in Cambridge-street , Hyde-park , llelon Eliza , relict of the Into Thomas Reid Davidson , E » q ., of the Bengal Civil Bervieo , and lute Resident at . Nugporo , aged fifty . On the 2 » th , at , Leamington , aged twenty-two , Aline , tho wifo of Henry lloghton , Emi ., of Hold , Lancashire , and third daughter of Hir HcnryJorvis White Jorvio , Hurt ., of Bally Ellis , county of Wexford . On the : i 0 ( , h , suddenly , Sir Charles Watson , Bart ., Wrottingpurk , Cambridgeshire , uged llfty-t . wo . On the Hist , at I ' eokham , Lieutenant M iehael Fitton , R . N ., one of the Lioutonaiil . H of Greenwich Hospital .
On tho 1 st of January , at . Hustings , John Noiihitt , Esq ., of » , Oxlord-Hquani , London , and of Lismoro-hotiHO . in the county of Cuvn . li , a Dcmify-Liouteuunt and Justice of tho Peace for that county . On the 1 st at . H , Wow OavendiMli-Mlroot , Portland-place , Sir Walhon Wtulor , Bait ., Cl . C . il . j in tho eighty-fourth year *» i " Lib ago .
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curred at prior dates , but were not formally registered till last week . These consist principally of death b y poison , burns and scalds , hanging and suffocation , drowning , fractures and wounds ; and in this class 155 cases are enumerated in the present return . Sudden deaths also , comprising cases in which persons have been " found dead , " where Coroners' juries have been unable to ascertain the cause of death , or where it has been improperly omitted to be recorded , amount this week to 43 .
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . In the week that ended last Saturday 1308 deaths were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 1218 , which , with a correction for increase of population , becomes 1340 . The deaths returned for last week differ little therefore from , the estimated amount . At the end of a quarter , as has been shown on former occasions , the weekly account is swelled by more than the just proportion of Coroners' cases , a number of which
oc-There was an increase last week in the mortality both of epidemic diseases and of diseases of the respiratory organs . Fatal cases of scarlatina rose again to 67 , and those of typhus to 51 . Last week the births of 987 boys and 924 girls , in all 1911 children , were registered in London . In the corresponding weeks of the eight years 1845-52 tho average number was 1522 . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer on Friday was 30-027 in . ; the mean of the week was 29643 in . The mean temperature of the
week was 47 * 5 degs ., which is 10-1 degs . above the average of the same week in ten years . The mean dail y temperature was above the average throughout the week , and this excess on Sunday was 11-2 degs ., on Monday 12-5 degs ., on Tuesday 5 * 7 degs ., on Wednesday 8-1 degs ., on Thursday 12 degs ., on Friday 9-2 degs ., and on Saturday 12 ' 2 dega . The wind blew generally from the south-west . The mean difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 7 * 4 degrees .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1853, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1968/page/10/
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