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service . He did not wish to alter the present system , and desired merely to show that he could distinguish between a positive necessity and one for common convenience . The Church had labour on Sunday when it suited its convenience , and they would have the Crystal Palace open because it suited theirs . Priestcraft , which would deny them the right of judging for themselves , was a thing of the past . Mr . W . Newton supported the resolution , and said he thought that the question should he treated entirely as a social one , for dealing with it in the religious point of view opened the field
of controversy and offended sincere prejudices . If their opponents could not prove that the enjoyment they sought for were inferior to those they at present possessed—if they could not show that the Crystal Palace was less worthy of a visit than the gin palace , they failed to make out their case . Their opponents could not be aware how the Sundays were now spent by the working classes of the metropolis , even with the better paid portion of whom a Sunday spent away in the fresh air was looked upon as a great event for some time before , and formed the subject of conversation in the family for some time after .
A form of petition embodying the resolutions carried at that and the preceding meeting having been moved by Mr . Edwards , a compositor , seconded by Mr . Mackay , a book-binder , and almost unanimously adopted , the proceedings terminated .
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MR . GEORGE HUDSON CALLED TO ACCOUNT . The proceedings in the Rolls Court have gone against Mr . Hudson . They bore reference to certain dealings between Hudson and the York and North Midland Railway Company . The facts of the case may be given in a few sentences . In the year 1846 the York and North Midland Railway Company , of which Hudson was Chairman , came to the resolution of forming three short branches in connexion with their principal line . A capital of 1 , 250 , 000 / . was required , which was to be raised' in 50 , 000 shares of 51 . each , to be called the " East and West Riding Extension Shares . "
Of these shares 37 , 950 were to be distributed among the share-holders of the original line ; the remaining 12 , 050 were to be left to the disposal of the directors for the benefit of the company . Now Hudson was the directors ; " he was omnipotent at the board by his own influence and by the help of his nominees . The above statement , then , stands with greater propriety thus : —Hudson was entrusted with 12 , 050 Extension shares to he disposed of for the benefit of the company , mid an account for these shares was opened in a separate part of the company ' s books . These shares , or a groat portion of them , were sold by brokers
on tin ; Stock Exchange , at premiums varying from 10 / . to 18 / . per share , and the proceeds paid into his banker ' s 1 lauds . When ho is called upon by the company to account for the disposal of 5000 of the shares in question , he divides his answer into three heads : —1 . The proceeds arising from the premium on 2300 lie had used for the benefit of the company . These were not disputed . 2 . He had distributed 1105 , also for the -benefit- of the company , among landowners , and others interested in the land through which the proposed lines were to pass , in order to disarm their opposition . Also , " lie had disposed of the same in the nature of secret service money , since many persons , members of
Parliament and others , though too high-minded to accept a bribe in money , were by no means averse to receive share * , which were sit large premiums—at pur . " The names of such persons , however , 1 I udson entirely refuses to disclose . Thus we are left to decide whether it be more probable that lie lias applied them lor his own benefit , or that some persons unknown have received them as the wages of knavery . There will be little hesitation in the public mind uh to this point . 3 . The remaining shiireH of the GOOD now in question he had quietly appropriated to himself without further ceremony , ami he considered that he was fully justified in so doing on account of the wear and fear of mind which he hail
endured in the company ' s service , and because he himself whs a landowner upon the lines nlong which the ruilrt worn to he run , and , consequently , it wiis necessary to buy oil' his opposition as well n » that of others , ( ieorge Hudson the chairman was to deal with ( leorge Hudson tin ; landowner , and to secure the norviccs of ( Jeorge Hiid . ion , M . I ' . — when money enough was pluced ut Inn disposal and no questions asked , of course it hecame a much . simpler tusk lo make mutters hiiu £ . He appears to have ; been guilty of precisely the name nialpnict . iceK with regard to a vast amount of Hull and ttellty t-ihr . res , which he had appropriated to h ' nmelf to tlw rfuina ^ e of the name company . In cii . hrv v . nnt ) , the Master of the Rolls has peremptorily decreed as followH : — . " 'J'li « pluintillVi wore entitled lo relief , and lor Unit purtmiho hia Honour hIkmiIi ! declare that , the defendant wan bound , us a truHl ,,., ) uf tho York and North Midland
JUilway Company , to give an account of the shares in these lines of railway not disposed of for the benefit and profit of the shareholders ; that he should account for all profits made upon them by sale , premiums , or otherwise ; that he should account for all sales of scrip shares in the York and Midland Extension , and the Hull and Selby lines of railway , made by himself , or by his order , or by any one for him ; and that , upon such accounting , he should be charged with interest at five per cent , upon those sums from the period when they shall have come into his hands . On the part of the defendant , the account is to be taken , giving him credit for all sums paid to , or advanced for the plaintiffs , together with all proper allowances . His Honour
said he thought this would carry out the object of the decree he should pronounce . Upon the calls on such shares made and not paid up , interest was also to be charged , at 5 per cent ., until the time when these should be paid up . It was not his intention to fix the defendant with the payment of premiums which it was supposed might have arisen on snares not actually proved to have been sold by defendant . As the defendant had resisted his liability to account , he must pay the costs incurred in this suit , up to and inclusive of the hearing . As to costs incurrable in future proceedings under this investigation and account , the Court would exercise its discretion hereafter , possibly upon the question of further directions . "
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POLICE-RULE . The other day it was Mr . Nicholay who was arrested by a constable with whom he had warmly expostulated for behaving- brutally to a poor boy . The magistrate sustained , at least he did not punish or reprimand , the policeman . We all know the fate of Captain Somerset , for wilfully driving in the face of B 25 and the orders of Sir Richard Mayne . But " a Peeler can do no wrong" is the motto of some magistrates ; and although , all the world sustained Mr . Broughton in the commitment of Captain Somerset , we do not think the same great authority will sustain Mr . D'Eyncourfc in the case we are about to narrate . Last Saturday evening , the Reverend Godfrey Angley , one of the curates of Christ Church , St . George ' s-in-the-East , was walking near the Pavilion Theatre , in the Whitecliapel-road . There were the modern genii of the place near the doors—police and orange-girls . Suddenly the police made a rush at the girls , driving them off , and in one case scattering' the fruit on the pavement ; but -whether H 86 struck one girl is not quite clear . But , at all events , the Reverend Godfrey Angley thought the officer was exceeding his duty , and the spiritual pastor interfered , H 156 says with force of blows , seizing the policeman , and exclaiming , "You have no right whatever
to interfere with those orange-girls ; tho poor creatures are only trying to get a living . " Thus assailed , the constables , for there were two , seized the clergyman and hauled him off to the station-house . In due course , the matter came before Mr . D'Eyncourt , at Lambeth-street . Here the policemen swore that Mr . Angley struck one , that he was intemperate in behaviour , that he called a brother officer a liar , and added insolence to his interference with duty . They ^ further alleged that Mr . Angley seemed to have been drinking—by the bye , this is almost invariably tho policeman ' s explanation of excitement or enthusiasm . Mr . Angley denied the latter assertion , for which there seems to have been no foundation whatever .
He averred besides that the officer struck tho orangevendor , and scattered her fruit ; that ho did not strike the oflicer , and that his language was not intemperate . The orange-vendor , Kitty McCarthy , said she was struck" the blow was a hard one , though it did not make me ntnggcr . JJut he—the policeman—always marks mi ; and strikes me . " Mr . Scott , a custom-house- oflicer , saw tho affair , and he deposed that the policomnn struck the girl so hard that , sho fell on her knees ; and that on Mr .
Angley intimating that he would take tho policeman ' s number , the latter arrested him . Mr . Angley did not strike ov touch the oflicer . Seizing hold on tho seeming contradiction in the evidence of " Mr . Scott and Kitty M'Carthy about the force of tho blow , Mr . J )' . Eyncourt hastily concluded that Mr . Scott had uttered " wilful falsehoods , " declined to hear another witness , and fined Mr . Angley twenty shillings ! Well might tho aggrieved gentleman consider that an " unjust sentence . " Wo hope- ho will tuko the matter elsewhere .
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SAC RH I ) PIGEONS . I ' iokcvns , it seems , are part proprietors of Guildhall . What storks lire in Athens , lhahmin hulls in Hindustan , and dogH in Turkey , pigeon a are in the city . They have lived in the sheltered nooks and crannies of the building for many years , and , like tho above-mentioned animals , have become- exceedingly numerous . The Hall-keeper has found them to be a great nuisance , and has complained to the authorities . He says that three or four years ago the splendid dress of u lady who sat at the Lord Mayor ' s dinner in the hull was completely destroyed by the unceremonious conduct of some of the pigeons above ! her head . Two years ago , when the
keeper ' s servant girl went into one of the bedrooms , fdie was terrified by a noise in the chimney , and immediately afterwards down tumbled a quantity of . soot and a pigeon in the midst of it . I Jut that was not the only disagreeable consequence of the unwelcome visit , for the bird in its flight Muttered not only against the walls of the room , hut against , the curtail ih of the bed , and did a great deal of damage , very much to the annoyance ! ol his wife and the terror of Ins children . " The passages to my house , " suid the nfHietcd man , " are constantly covered with dirt from tho multitude . They were endurable when there were no more Minn 15 or Hi of them about the building , but tho number
has increased to 70 or 80 , and I am sure I should be obliged to any one who would kill them . " The Aldermen joked with Mr . Hall-keeper ; one recommended him to set up a guano depot , another to make them chimney-sweeps ; but to him they were no joking matter . It was held that " it was essential to the character of Guildhall for hospitality that such harmless tenants should receive a little of the bounty of the corporation ; " that they were " objects of interest to the neighbourhood , " and had " become a part and parcel of the corporation . " Mr . Hall-keeper was , however , strenuous in his objections ; and at length it
was admitted that it would be very proper to dispense with the presence of the pigeons at the dinner on the 9 th of November . The Hall-keeper succeeded so far in substantiating his complaint as to obtain from the committee their consent to decrease the number of the offenders to about a moiety . It was agreed that the argument of the injury to the ladies' dresses—not to say a word about the beards and bald heads of the ambassadors , and the wigs of the bishops and judges and serjeants learned in the law—was fatal to the cause of the birds , which were said , from their chattering and cooing , to take delight in the damage they did to the magnificence below .
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MURDEKS . William Blackmore , tax-collector , resident at Clayhiddon Mills , Devonshire , was out collecting on Saturday . He went to a roadside public-house , and drank rather freely , and played at cards with three labourers , two named Sparks and one named Hitchcock . About to pay his reckoning , he pulled out half-a-crown , and said it was all he had in the world . James Hitchcock said , " You needn't be afeard of us , maister—I won't rob he . " George Sparks said , " Master isn't afeard of us , I know . " Blackmoro answered , " No , be gums ! " Just before leaving the house , James Hitchcock and George Sparks went out of the room ; and after staying a few minutes returned again . About one o ' clock on the Sunday morning , they all lef t together . Blackmore was found dead the next morning . The constable instantly went to the house of George Sparks , and while he was searching it , Sparks exclaimed , "It ' s no use to care nor to think any more about it ; for I would as soon tell the whole of it as not . " He then got up from his seat , took up a pair of tongs , and , showing the position in which he stood , said , " I struck him backhanded , and I think I killed him the first blow , but I struck him twice after that . " He further said he struck him with a part of a pair of fire-tongs which he brought away with him from the White Horse , and which , was subsequently found in the water at the spot indicated . Money was found in the cottages of Sparks and Hitchcock , and blood on their clothes ; and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against both .
The second murder is really alarming . It seems tho public roads arc not quite safe even in these days . Mr , Toller , a commission agent , was going from his home , near Ilomford , on Tuesday , to tho Ilford railway station , intending to proceed to London . The time was about a quarter to nine in the morning . Ho was met on the high road by an ill-looking tramp , who , without a word , struck him a violent blow on the head with a stick , which caused him tn stagger . Mr . Toller called out for assistance , and his cries attracted tho attention of a man and his wifo , at work in an adjoining field , who saw tho murderer striko Mr . Toller repeatedly with the stick . They called out to tho man to deBist , and hastened towards the road , but before they could reach the end of tho field they saw tho ruffian take a clasp knife from his pocket , with which ho
deliberately cut the throat of his victim , nearly severing his head from his body , and immediately fled . Police were soon on tho spot ; and , by strango luck , the murderer having missed his "way , returned near to tho placo . JIo was identified and arrested . Ho gave the name of Saundcrs . He is a native of Mortlako , in Surrey , where he is well known ; a heavy-looking , repulsive fellow , about thirty-two years of age , and five feet four inches in height . Had it not boon for the polico , the peoplo would havo torn him to pieces on tho spot . An inquest has been heln on the body of Toiler , and a verdict of Wilful Murder returned . Saundors } ioa confessed that ho killed Toller , because ho had onco interfered to prevent him from extorting money under protenco of beginni *; tho Bnvngo admits that ho did it for rovongo , not
money . Elizabeth Viekern has boon committed to take her trial for tho murder of Mr . Jon cm , by Mr . Elliott , at Lamboth . Further evidence was taken , l . ' roporty belonging to Mr . Jones had been pawned by Viekcrs . Sho vehemently protested that it woh lier own . The polico attested that on examining tho house nnew , fhoy found it in tho most filthy Btato ; henna of dirt y linen , Home stained with blood , ly ing about ; and fltnins of blood on tho sofa , which Viokers declared wero ntainR of porter . Her behaviour in Court at tlio final examination , on Tuesday , was extremely violent .
Mackeft , a labourer , has been examined this week on a eliargo of drowning- KlizaLea in the Regent's Canal . Tho evidence ninountH to this :- Muokott had lived with lior for six years ; lately ho got married . Eliza met him , and lie told her ho wiw married , but nho would not boliovo it . Thoy were trncod together clone to the canal . Bonio properly which Lea liiul with her was found in Mackott'H possession , lie in rouiundod .
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M I N C N L L A N E C ) U S . Till' : Queen walked , and drove , and dined out on Saturday hint ; visiting Mr . Ijabouohoro at Stoko . and dining at Frogmorp . On Monday , her Majesty held a Court and
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154 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1853, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1973/page/10/
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