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REAI , ESTATE CHARGES BILL . In going iato committee on this bill in the Lords , on Monday , Lord St . Leonards objected to the measwre that it -was the first step towards the abolition ot primogeniture . The Earl of Tortescue defended the measure thus : — " So far from its being directed against the law of primogeniture , he believed it would tend to strengthen that law , and increase its popularity , by depriving it of much of its hardship ami injustice . The noble earl proceeded to cite eases to show the hardship of the present state of the lafw . One -was that of a man in humble
life who raised 1400 / . by mortgage on real property . Dying suddenly and intestate , when he had paid off * 700 S . of the mortgage , his personalty was absorbed to cleat the remainder , leaving seven younger children wholly unprovided for . Another was that of a man who left the whole of his personal property to an only daughter , the leal estate being heavily mortgaged . At his death the incumbrances on the real property were paid out of the personal , arid the lady was deprived of the greater portion of her lights . EtaYing cited one or two similar cases , the noble earl concluded "by moving the second reading of the Dill . "
Tbe- Xi 0 R 3 > Chancellor , supported the measure , saying : " The bill had certainly not been introduced under the sanction of Government , but he would take upon himself to say that the first clause would be productive of TKiinixed good , while it would not in the ^ lightest degree approach the law of primoV gemture . Its effect would simply be , tliat when a man , died intestate Ms property would be divided in the way in which in 99 cases out of 100 he would have de-vised it had he rnade a will . True , it would he utterly impossible to frame a law ia which cases of hardship would not b ^ i found on both sides of the line ; but here the hardship lay in the present state of the law . " On a division , 26 were for going on ; 23 against ; and the bill was accordingly passed through TOmihittee .
THE BRIBERY BILL . TMs bill finally got out of the Commons last night "weekj at the last moment mischievously altered , the . " Declaration clause" ( requiring inenabers to make a declaration , on their honours , of having gone through a pure election ) being struck out .: The bill was read a first time in the Lords on Monday ; not without some opposition , suggested on technical grounds by Lord Redesdale , supported for party reasons by Lord . Derby , because their lordships had passed a spiteful resolution not to take any Commons bill sent up after the 25 th of July . The Government's defence for neglecting this resolution was that the bill was very important , &c , &c ., not appearing very earnest in the entreaties .
The second reading of the bill ( on Thursday ) , was not pernaitted without a , division : Lords Reuesjdale and Debbt again leading the Opposition . The Go-=-veenment carried their point : 41 voting with them , and only 33 with Lord I > erby . No delate , however , took place on the merits of the bill . New National Gallery . —On Tuesday in answer to a question the Chancellor of the Exchequer , announced that a . vofco of money would be asked in order to defray the expensea of erecting a hew gallery , for tho reception of the . national collection of pictures . Tho plans for the new edifice were , however ^ not sufficiently matured to enable him to gjve any details of its construction , but tlie right hon . gentleman intimated that the Royal Academy were not for the present to be disturbed in theix occupancy of tlie building in Trafhlfear-Bquam
" Ecoitomy" of the Goveunixg Class . —On Tuesday Mr . Williams moved for returns of tho number of cavalry officers and men employed in the East . Ipc object of his motion ho stated , was to satisf y the public apprehension that an wnduo- proportion of superior officers and staff wore compraod among tho British cavalry force now on service in Turkey ,. The Secretary at War admitted ) that an apparoutdmproportaon now existed in the ratio of officers and nxeto ; in thq cavalry services as compared with the infantry . Tha reason was that ; tho rogbnonta had been allowed during
peapo , to dwindle into mere skeletons for tlie sake of economy , and . t ^ e ranlca were not yot filled up . With respect to the paporsnfckod for , ho pointed out some practical inconveniences winch might arjso from producing them . The motion , after eomo further discussion , was negatived by consent , TniB Bibmingiiam Gaoi , Crukltucb . —Lord Paoikk-6 ton has announced that ho has ordered a prosooution against tiro governor arrd surgeon ( Auatln and JBlount ) of tho BCrminghnm prison , reported ngninafc foe crueltlea by tha Commission . Tho announcement w < u received in tho House of Commons with cheora .
Iurcim-GnaniKAi , of this Okdwanok . —A Jon . —In the House * of Commons , on Wednesday . Mr . L . Vernon oskod why Sir H . Rosa hua beta appointuu to tho office of LLeuU OcnuMti oi' tho Ordnance over tho head oi Km senior oiliucr Sir John Rur&oyno , ? It wis a duparturo from established military rule , and had disgusted the army . Mr . Manuel ! ( Clark to tho Ordnnnco } throw tho rusponaibility on Lord Raglan : but Mr . Gladstone , following , aiud tliat Lordftuglan was only responsible fur having advised tho Government the Government itaelf wsis reapQiiaiblo for tho appointment ; for which ho © ilercd no juHtincaliona , probably beciiuao h « know none ; merely throwing out tho hint that ( Sir J . BoBgoyaewafl damaging himadf in allowing hlii friundti to mnke : suwh <* publio complaint . Viiriuua wombora puid hieh compllnw « ti (» to Sis John ; and thu subject dvoppotl .
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OUR ( UTILISATION . 3 MB . CARDEK ' S WOOING . The trial of Mr . Carder * for the " abduction" of Miss Eleanor Arbuthnot canoe off at the Cloomel Assizes yesterday week . " The case excited great interest ;" " the court -was filled with ladies . " Miss E . Arbuthnot ' s evidence was : — " We had got about half way from the church when my sister , Laura Arbnthnot , said , ' Mr . Garden is coming . ' I then saw Mr . Carden . He passed from the direction of Rathronan on horseback a few yards , wliea he turned his horse and followed us quite close to the car . He did not 6 ay anything . When close to the lodge-gate the car stopped suddenly . It was not stopped by any orders from those in the car . I did not see Mr . Carden at tie moment the car stopped . The next time I saw him was at the door of the car , which he opened , and put in his hand across Miss Lyndon , and caught hold of my arm . He pulled me -very
violently . My sister , Miss Arbuthnot , held me aud prevented Mr . Carden from pulling me out . Miss Lyndon , who remained in the car , struck him on the face with feer closed hand . I saw him bleeding . Mr . Carden then let me go , and palled Miss Lyndon out of the car . I saw her dragged out b y Mr . Carden on the road . Mrs , Gougli was then in the car , but she left it soon afterwards . I saw her get out of it . I and my sister , Miss Arbuthnot , were in the car . I was in the place behind the coachman , my sister opposite . Mr . Carden caught my sister and pulled hero-ut . I did not see distinctly how lie caught hold of her . Ske resisted him with all her strength- After her removal I was atone in the car . Mr . Carden came to the car again . Be caught hold of both my wrists . He endeavoured to pull me out of the car . I resisted him by holding on by a strap which was attached to the window . I caught it to prevent myself from being taken out ; the strap broke at the moirteiit Mr . Carden baa
Mr . Carden to carry off his pri ze . A Dr . Forsyth had supplied this ; this being his evidence and examination : — " I was in the garden of my house when Mr . Carden camo to see me one da }' . We were talking of various matters , when , on passing throiigli my surgery , he asked me the beat thing for a lady subject to hysterics ; I said chloroform . He said he haew a lady subject to them . I asked him were they accompanied by spasms , and he said they were . I then said , ' Give her from 10 to 20 drops of chloroform in a little water . ' " Cross-examined by the Attorney-General . —How many drops does one of the bottles contain ?—180 . Ten drops at a time was what you recommended ?—From 10 to 20 . " Then each of the bottles contains from 10 to 18 doses ? —Yes . " You gnve the second "bottle ?—Yes ; "when , he saw one bottle first , he said that was a small quantity .
" Just so ; he did not think there was enough . How many drops would produce stupefaction?—I dare say 50 drops . ' * Do you generally administer chloroform with a spunge when you administer it externally ?—Yes . " Did you ever see that sponge produced before ?—No . " He told yon he wanted those things for a lady!—Yes . " I suppose you knew he was not a married man ?—I did . " On your oath , did he ever consult you before as for an hysterical lady ?—I don't know whether for aa hysterical lady . . ** For a lady who required remedies -for her nerves?—Yes , for epilepsy . " Wlicn ?—Two or more years before . _ " Had you the curiosity to ask tlien who the 3 ady was ?—I did not . " Is it your habit , as a medical man , to prescribe at second hand for ladies when gentlemen consult you in respect of ladies ?•—I had not the most remote idea . "
a com or my , sxrap w proKeii . Dy wjtn which Mr . Garden pulled me . When tlie strap gave way I was pulled down from where I was sitting to the door of the car , out of the seat oh- "which I had been , sitting . I was raised off the seat and pulled over to the door of the car , Mr . Carden , who wag on the step , was still holding the upjer part of my body , which was out of the car . I was leaning out over the edge of fche car . My legs and the remainder of my body were in the car . My feet at that time had been drawn nearer the door than they were when I was sitting at the recess . They were drawn close to the door . They had been close to the other end . The length of tlie car is , as I think , three or Four feet . I think my feet had been removed about two feet ^; tie remainder of my body more thtin that- —I think about three feet ; I mean by that the portion of my body that was" outside the door . The car at the back had loose leather curtains ; the front and sides are solid . It was over the doorway I was pulled ; I think Lwas about a foot from the doorway . I recovered my position just as I was losing _ my balance from having put my foofc against the opposite side of the car . X did it to save myself from being pulled out . I was at the time on my side . I did not get back to where I had been sitting , but succeeded in getting a seat at the bottom of the car , the place where Miss Lyndon had been sitting . I made every resistance I could , I kicked Mr . Carden in the chest witli one of my feet . I was then in the car . Mr . Carden was below me on the
The evidence being complete , the legal conflict began ; and the judge ( Ball ) suggested that it might be better to tell the jury there was noi ; a removal sufficient to constitute the felony , but that ; there was an attempt to commit a felony . " The Attorney-General said lie felt the force of what his lordship said , and , tinder the circatnstances , lie-would assent to the course suggested . " Mr . Martley said , he Would a-lso assent to tliafc , and let there be a conviction for the attempt to commit a felony . " Mr . Justice Ball . —• Gentlemen of the jury , upon the evidence givea , I have no hesitation in telling you the prisoner at the bar is guilty of an attempt to commit a felony , and the only question for you is , do you believe the evidence or not ?
"Several jurors . —We do . " Judge Ball—Then let the issue paper be sent up . " Tlie Jury immediately fou'hd tlie prisoner " Not Guilty " of fche felony for which he was given in charge , but " Guilty of an attempt to commit it . " On Saturday the trial on the second indictment —• for assault —¦ commenced . The evidence was the same thing over again . The jury found a verdict of " Not Guilty . " Tlie judge was then al ) out to sentence the prisoner on the other indictment — for attempt at abduction—when Mr . Carden asked permission to say a few . words . In " a voice tremulous with emotion , " lie said :
step , or on . tlie ground . That occurred at the moment I recovered iny position . Ho was at the time holding me with both his bands by the wrists . He pulled me very hard indeed . My wrists were bruised from , the effects of the dragging . I don ' t know where my sister , Miss Arbuthnot , was at tliat time . As soon as I recovered my position I saw her strike him on tlie back of the head with her closed hand . Slie was behind Mr . Carden on the road at the time . While I was in the car , after the other ladies had left it , Mr . Carden said , Eleanor , it is you I want . ' He repented my name frequently . I heard him say to nry sister , Mrs . Gougb , that ho should be hang « d . Ho said that onl y once , I saw three or four men about the car . One of them was at the back of the car , and tried to pull my sinter , Miss Aibuthnot , out . Ho did not succeed . That maa tried to pull her out before Mr . Carden tried to do so . The other three men were at tho back of tho car . I heard Mr . Curden speak to a tall man who -was some way from tho car after he had tried to pull mo out , Ho said to that man , ' Pull her out , ' pointing to mo , ' and don't mind the others , ' Mr . Carden was then about three or four yards from the ear . That rnnn camo over and caught hold of my clothes , and tried to pull me out of the cur . My clothes , outer and under , wore very much torn . I resisted tho attempts of that man . Mr . Garden was on the rond at the timo , a boat two or three yards from tho car . Just before 1 wus struggling with tho tall man 1 saw tli © coaohman , James Dwyer , oloso to tho back of the car . Ho was trying to dofend mo . He had placed himself there for that purpose . I did not see anvthing further done , Tho car proceeded through tho gate of" Ruthrpnan . I did not boo what became of Mi * . Cardun or tho tall man . None of tho ladies had got into tho car until after it hnd got through tho gate . I liad seen Mr . Cardon on tho Thursday
" I vvish to make a few observations , my lord , but , in what I have to say I do not by nny means attempt to dis - claim or palliate the heinous , crime I have committed , nor do 1 wish for a moment to attompt by any language of mine to influence the Court in the amount of punishment which it may be thought fit to visit upon mo . I have a very strong feeling that the judges of the land are just and impartial , and , therefore , prior to your lordship commencing those strictures—which must be of a grave character—I do wish to impress upon you , under the most solemn asseveration , that three ot" the positions which were miido by the Attorncy-Goneral in his opening speech against me , and which no doubt were briefed to him , are absolutely and positively untrue . The first is , that I whs influenced in this attempt by any degree of malice either towards tho
young lady herself or any member of her family . Secondly , that I had tho slightest idea or knowledge in tho world of the delicate state of health of Mrs . Googh ; and tho third is that which I would disclaim with tho deepest indignation , that 1 had tho remotest intention of using any of those drugs whatsoever for tho production of stupifying ofFects , or tho production of any effect inconsistent with tho dictates of common humanity . M y lord , us to tho h > st , tho malice and hatred towards M » s » K . Arbutbnot , or any member of her family—ovory person who is acquainted with mo la aware of tho feeling 'which I have for some timo held towards that young lady , and it ia hardly necflasary for mo now to obsorvo upon it . Wot only towards her , but with respect to every member of her family , I solemnly avow that 1 was not influenced bj nny such feeling ; and at this moment no » uch feeling lias pooacBBion of
Dotore < tc tiho trowor Hhow of Clonmel . Ho said to mo , ' How do you do ? ' 1 bowed to him . Me asked me how my Bistor wbb . 1 said , ' Very well , and turned from him . I think that was about four o ' clock . I remained till ilv « , and returned homo . I did not again aeo Mr , Carden till Sunduy . 1 never encouraged thu uddresfiea of Mx . Cardon . " CroBH-exammed ly Mr . Martloy , Q . C . —I have known Mr . Cardon for about two yoars as i \ n acquaintance . I know him ilrst at Mr . Ungwoll ' t ) . I had beon staying at the house . On the 2 nd of July I rem ' sted Mr . Cardon as much aa I couhl . I did so with success . 1 vm » not moved at all until after IWUsh Lyndon and my sister IiacI boon taken out . Ah tho atrap broko I wn » pulled down to tho end of tho car , where I wna then standing . I w « s near fulling out . J recovered with one foot and kicked him with thxi other . 1 was never altogether removed from tl » o car . "
my mind . Ifc is perfectly true that at ono timo , when angry with Mr . Gough , I expreasod myself tovnnls him in that manner ; but I now say that the attempt—tho criminal nttoinpt—which I have mado and lulled in , arose out of no such motive ; and ovon now I do not blamo Mr . Gough in tho oligjlitcat degree ; and had I been convicted of tho crime of wbich , thank God , I have boen acquitted , I would not entertain acrimonious fueling towardo him or hiefnmily . I now lay down all ungor nt once and for ever . Mr . GougU aught to know that malice or hutred , ia not congenial to my irtind ; for it ia well known that my career Una been a tornblo ono . And I do attribute it to that circumstunco , tlmt I never bon r msilicu towards « nv person opposed to mo . 1 do beliovo it i . i attributable to that . And now that thnt career ia brought to a clo » e , uUmling , as I do in thia disgraceful position , 1 do ftjol fchoro is not a flinglo person in tlilo ( Treat county -will ( WKult in my downfall . ( Snnsntion . ) With roBpuot to Mru . Uough [ it hud been ohown that oho w « t » mognu » t " | 1 havo
Tho evidence of the other ladles marked the flame fact , that they had o \ l / ought like arnazons . Chloroform woa found in tho carriage provided by
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 5, 1854, page 726, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2050/page/6/
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